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Downside is that if I use an URL shortening service that allows me to change where you are headed after the fact (for example after 1000 hits, go to a new page
by X-Istence 12y ago
Downside is that if I use an URL shortening service that allows me to change where you are headed after the fact (for example after 1000 hits, go to a new page instead) then you've just broken that functionality.
- manicdee 12y agoThat's no longer a URL shortening service, that's a campaign redirection service. Just serve the appropriate content, rather than relying on redirects.
- X-Istence 12y agoExcept that my actual URL is much longer than the short one that I am using on Twitter, advertisements, T-Shirts and various other sources. Directly serving the content while possible is not what my client wants. They want to go from their short URL to the longer full domain one.