Well, here’s another site called CozyURL.com I made today in about 2 hours while chatting on G-mail with Josh.

I didn’t add any graphics so it’s fast and you can easily access it from mobile devices too.

It’s basically a site that will shorten URLs like http://sdfkcs.com/jdsf923jfdsaf to http://CozyURL/120.

It’s a free site and your link will permanently remain so please knock yourself out the next time you need to shorten that long GoogleMaps URL, or simply want to remember one number for viewing the site on your mobile phone.

I might open-source the code since some of you might like to make your own, so leave a comment if you want it.

Another difference between TinyURL and CozyURL is that CozyURL uses chronological numbers to assign new Cozy URLs.  Now, this will definitely help over remembering something like TinyURL.com/28dj28.

Another use is if you need to remember a long URL to load it on your mobile phone.  You can simply remember one number to load that site using Cozy URL.  (Well, the truth of the matter is that I didn’t want to spend too much time so I went with chronological order but it does make more sense for the average user.)

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TinyURL now allows for users to add their custom alias.

For example, you can now go to http://tinyurl.com/zedomaxnet to access this blog.

I think since TinyURL really bases itself on redirecting, there should be no problems as far as SEO is concerned.

In short, TinyURL just got better!

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Here’s an interesting site called TweetBeep that just launched. Sorta like Google Alert, with TweetBeep, you can be alerted when someone “twitts” about your selected keywords. Looks like this one might be big, so keep your eye on this one.

TweetBeep allows you to track various keywords published throughout the Twitter world. All you have to do is enter your Twitter account information, the keyword you want to track, and the email address you want the notifications sent to to keep updated on what’s being said about you, your site, your product, or anything else that matters to you. It even finds the links that include your keyword in the original URL no matter if they’ve been shortened by tinyURL or some other similar service. You can have the tracker refreshed every few hours or every day, depending on how often you like to receive notifications.

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