Hello Appfri.ca

August 15, 2010 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post

ShortUrls are all the rage right now with bit.ly offering it’s Pro service, goog.gl from Google and t.co from Twitter. They’re also fairly easy to setup and configure. I used yourls.org which took all of five minutes to setup and install.

Today we’re launching our own vanity url, Appfri.ca. Vanity urls, short urls or branded urls are simply ways to shorten the length of a hyperlink to your content online. So instead of http://appfrica.net/blog/2010/08/15/hello-appfri-ca/ this post should be tweeted as http://appfri.ca/2. Significantly shorter, right?

Note: If this seems like an absurdly self-referential post, it’s because I wanted to test to make sure this is working properly and I needed a sample post. =)

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About the author: Jonathan Gosier is a UI designer, software developer and writer. He currently lives in Kampala, Uganda where he incubates and invests in East African entrepreneurs as the CEO of Appfrica Labs. He's also a TED Fellow.
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