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Cool Firefox Browser Extensions & Add-Ons

admin — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:44:27 +0000

Putting URL Shrinking Aside, there are a lot of other cool tools that you can use to spruce up your web browser… especially if you are using the highly acclaimed “Mozilla Firefox”.

Firefox allows users to add Extensions to their browser which give users the ability to fully customize their web browsing experience. Here are a few of our favorites:

Image Assistant - Gives users rich functionality over images loaded on the web
Clippings - Save text that you enter on a frequent basis for quick insertion later. Kind of like an advanced copy paste if you will
UnPlug - Download embedded video and audio on web pages you visit very quickly and easily
Shareaholic - A quick and easy way to share the websites you are on with friends and other people around the world
MouseZoom - Zoom in and Out of web pages easily only using your mouse!

Got any favorites to share?

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Shrunkin on Tag A Cloud

admin — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:26:15 +0000

Shrunkin is now registered with Tag A Cloud, a site that will hopefully promote our free URL Shrinking Service. You can help us out by earning us points. It’s really easy to do, just click on the link below if you are interested in helping us!

We really appreciate your help! Keep spreading the word!

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Top 5 URL Shrinking Tools

admin — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:49:31 +0000

There are quite a few “URL Shrinking” services out there on the internet, and most of them are the same old bland concept. Enter a URL, and out pops a randomly generated “Redirect” code. We frown upon such services, and applaud the ones who have dome something innovative with their tools. Here are a few of our personal favorites:

Shrinkster - Shrinkster has a feature that is useful for people looking to track their URL’s usage by offering simple statistics about their small URL. After generating a small URL, the user can track the number of requests per day, as well as total requests the new URL is receiving. Handy for webmasters
URLzy - URLzy is different from any other URL shrinking tool we have ever seen. Rather than visiting a website, and then typing in an address, they have found a way to simplify the process without installing a plugin. Simply enter your URL after www.urlzy.com/, and it will generate a tiny URL for you. Good for people on the go!
Tiny URL - Tiny URL is likely to be the most popular tool of this genre on the internetz, but to be truthful, we don’t really see what makes it so great compared to some of the others reviewed here. They do offer a “URL Preview” feature to help users see where they are being redirected which is nice, as well as host some other cool tools for URL’s.
Ox.ca - By far the smallest URL shrinking tool we have ran across! Ox.Ca is probably as small as they get, so if you are really looking for a small URL, this is the way to go.
Shrunkin - Our very own tool offers something we like to call “URL Personalization”. You can tag your URL, and if your tag is available, it will be used instead of a random string of characters. This is good for if you have multiple URL’s you want to remember. Shrunkin also features a cool Firefox plugin to shrink URL’s on the fly!

Which tool do you use to shrink your URL’s?

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