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Ask HN: Is there a name for the 'web shortcut' services? (tinyurl, tinypaste, cli.gs, etc)
Other than 'web shortcuts', is there an umbrella category name for tinyurl and the resulting offshoot services?<p>This feels like an interesting niche blog to start.<p>[Full disclosure: I created look.fo and str8.to]
- ram1024 18y agocall em plinks <-- cause it's cute short for hop-links maybe?
- pwoods 18y agoI think they are referred to by there services. Like tinyurl is a tinyurl. But if you wanted to coin plink I'll support it! Only 1,499,999,999 internet users to go
- AlexeyMK 18y agoYes; but what would you call the industry as a whole, do you think?
- AlexeyMK 18y ago(just found this) lifehacker is calling them "url shrinkers" - http://str8.to/best-url-shrinkers http://str8.to/best-url-shrinkers.