I would like to intorduce the steemit dedicated short url service i just put up:
Steem.link
Was hanging in polo trollbox and pasted a link to one of my steemit posts, but link was so long that it got cut, that IS annoying. And this is just one example. So i thought there must be a steem dedicated url shortener! This is so convenient and you can monetize your links too.
You can shorten your link real quick, no registration or login is needed if you don't want to.
More cool features:
Links monetization
Advertise within your steemit links, using custom splash pages with your banners! (available for registered users)
Favorite links bundle
Create your favorite steemit links bundle. Make it public or private! (available for registered users). Can be used as your favorite links collection storage, can be public or private.
Steemit links QR Code
QR code is generated for each shortened steemit link and can be copied in 1 click!
Easy share
Share your short links easily, in one click via the dashboard
Custom url aliases
Choose your own link alias for better readability and recognizability or just let the system generate it for you. Aliases are unique, so grab yours fast! Alias can not be changed after url creation, but you can change the initial link, that's being shorted, in your dashboard!
Password protected links
Want to share a private link? Just set a password for it!
Geotarget
Geotarget your links to redirect visitors to specialized pages and increase your conversion.
Redirect method
Choose your preferred redirect method: Direct (fastest and default), Splash page (standart splash page) or Custom Splash page (your own splash page with your advertisement)
Links analytics
You can track all the important information you might need: amount of clicks, country and referrer. Daily, monthly or yearly graphs are available!
Powerful Dashboard
Extensive yet simple dashboard for better management of all available features
Tips & Tricks (continuously updated)
- You don't want to open a mysterious links, being paranoid a bit?
If you add "+" sign (without quotes) to the end of short url - a stats page will open, showing the original url as well (if link is not password protected)
Updates
22.07.2016
Added Facebook Login/Sign Up. Now user can login even faster. Upon first login - user is automatically registered. Permissions for Facebook app are standard - read only.
Added Twitter Login/Sign Up. Upon first login - user is automatically registered. Permissions for Twitter app - read only.
@cryptotony I am not sure you are the first, I think Steem.ly can claim that one :) However it's great to have some variety in urls at our disposal..
Thx for making this! The interface looks super beautiful!
I have placed the tool on SteemTools ... so we keep a handy overview of apps & tools & services for the community.
SteemTools - indexing all tools & services for Steemit users
Oh hehe, well, honestly i did search but didn't find it! And steem.link offers much more services ;)
Tnx for adding it to SteemTools :)
steem.ly is indeed the first to my knowledge to have surfaced :) so I beat you to it. Much more stuff will indeed be coming to steem.ly very soon as well.
Nice work anyways.
np ! curious how it will evolve! great work!
When I tried to login with Facebook I've got :
"App Not Setup: This app is still in development mode, and you don't have access to it. Switch to a registered test user or ask an app admin for permissions."
BTW. Why do you need all these twitter permissions ? By default I don't accept a request of data that doesn't feel necessary for the app to function..
"This application will be able to:
Read Tweets from your timeline.
See who you follow."
It just blows my mind the way so many people are coming together to add value to the steem community. May your rewards exceed your wildest expectations.
Thank you so much! It's really nice to know that your work is needed!
You've been posting this creation of yours in every single topic. While I appreciate the service and see how it might add value to our ecosystem, spamming it in every venue you come across is both unprofessional and annoying. It makes the network and your service look bad.
Thanks for taking the time to create something, please take the time to apply common sense toward the marketing of your creation.
Cheers.
Tnx, i do realize this is annoying, but trying to get as much attention as possible, thought replies in Trending posts will help, yet it's not.
Sry if i annoyed u.
As one of the others that "called you out" on this...
There is no excuse, because it's common sense, AND you have exhibited
that already...Meaning that those were deliberately posted to attract attention to
this post, that also now know isn't even original content.
Signed,obfuscate-meOriginal content?? I never claimed the "Content" is original, but currently there is no other site like this(mean feature full) for steem url shortening.
@cryptotony: I appreciate all the hard work you've put into this. I really do, it looks great but I do have a problem with it.
In this post and on the website itself you're saying that this is the first short url service for steemit and that is not true. For the sake of transparency and truth, please take actions to correct this. Nothing personal (even though I created steem.ly) but the information needs to be reworked.
If next week it's not, I will post about it and also spread the word for the community to know.
Thanks!
It's np mate, it doesn't really matter for me, since it looks like with or without this services, community is more interested in totally different things...((
As for service itself, i have to say that it is really a first short url service with bunch of features. So if the word "first" annoys that much - i can remove it, it doesn't matter. Btw, why didn't you post about your services when you created it??...
I think it's misleading. A shorting url service is a shorting url service in the end.
Off course I posted about it: https://steem.ly/f
Oh sry, didn't find it neither on google or here, really.
As for misleading - didn't get what you mean, please explain.
You modified it so I don't have the exact sentence you used on the post. I think it said - steem.link the first steemit URL short service or something. Now you've modified it for the Full featured thing.
Don't worry about it man, I wrote you in full honesty and good intentions.
And yes, the community at the moment needs to wake up a bit and get out of the boob/pot/bots pool.
We'll be there in a couple months. Don't be disappointed!! Remember to always #doyourpart
It's ok man, no worries, i know you only wrote it in good intentions, that's why i modified it ;)
As for disappointment - it's huge, trying this, trying that, but after all it's just about boobs and thaiti, and makeup on boobs, etc etc..
There are a few good posts about how to keep it together on steemit and that you need to keep trying. To be fair, I was also a bit disappointing when I saw only dan upvoted my steem.ly post. It was a lot of work and money that were invested in steem.ly and little roi. Maybe it even was bad timing. i don't know. I also had high hopes seeing that introduceyourself posts had 9-12-19k and I had about 200 bucks.
But I kept going man and it looks better. Really. Focus on what Steemit was built for primarily: Content, valuable content.
Think about it, create it and most importantly participate: vote and comment. You'll see the results in time. We all will.
Well, thanks for chearing, but be careful when you write the " I had about 200 bucks" for intro post, some ppl might consider you a whale :), making $8 for the whole project lol...
P.S.
Upvoted your post, "lol" :)
The post had 200 bucks, I didn't get that much :D:D
The info exists transparently in the blockchain also. Nobody will think I'm a whale.
just as fyi, someone that has 15k Steem Power gives up to 1$ to a post when voting.
I have a mere 80 SP. My vote weighs less than 0.01$
I upvoted yours too man, this morning when I saw it for the first time.
oh really nice, i really enjoy how community is expanding on all kinds of work
thanks @cryptotony 8]
pd: if you allow me an appreciation, I really like the cover of a truly minimalist access and then another that explains all the running, for those who come every day will go to the fast and reliable, thanks
Tnx a lot! :)
Will be adding social login and registration soon too ;)
not sure if i'll use it, but you got my vote for the creativity & execution. well-done.
Tnx for support!
This is amazing! Every other day there are new innovations in the Steemit community. This is evolution at an alarming rate.
Tnx! Great picture ;)
awesome:D
great job! w wiil chek now the site.
Tnx!
Nice work!
Tnx!
Wicked bro!!, you are a legend!
Tnx! All dedicated steemers are legends! This is just the beginning!
Super! Steemit is going to be ever best...
I so much believe in that too!
This is great! Will definitely make sharing much easier. Thank you!
That's idea! Easier = more viral steem will become
Nice job! The more alternatives we have for the community, the better :)
I can also vouch for steem.ly being first to market, but this is a great name, branding and design so far. Chucked you on my list of new services popping up in the last few days - https://steemit.com/confessionsofasteemaddict/@ausbitbank/steam-addiction-day-10-steem-domains-i-ll-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours ..
Did a quick test, too - very slick site mate well done
I do have a suggestion for all link shortening services - as a security measure for the paranoid add the ability to reveal the url without forwarding. Eg: User stumbles across shortened link http://steem.link/confessionsofasteemaddict , adds the special domain to the link (check.steem.link/url) and the site should simply show the url (and maybe view stats).
I hate clicking mystery links, lets not train people to stop caring/checking .. This is a great service already though, good job!
Tnx man :)
This is already there, should have posted it in OP:
If you add "+" sign (without quotes) to the url - a stat page will open, showing the original url as well
Aha great work :)
That is true. steem.ly as well has stats where you just add a + (check https://steem.ly/f+ )after the short link and it displays the stats, but I haven't the time to invest on the design side and didn't publicly disclose it. :)
Looks great man, nice work.
Tnx!
Nice. Another tool for us. Thanks
Tnx!
here is another one
www.Steem.ly - steemit URL Shortener
Definitevely not first. Steem.ly SteemUrl.com and now you. this SteemIt platform has plenty good minds.
TBH I think short url should be implemented in the blockchain or node api level. What if your site got hacked or went down? People would be unable to reach the real content behind the short URL.
You have some point in that.
Doing my best to keep it as secure as possible. And most likely, this would be done on blockchain, but for now, people can use this service, since long urls are far from being welcome everywhere
@cryptotony
Sorry to bring this old post up but I just find this information may be helpful to me but problem is this page keep crashing my safari browser on Mac. Do you know why?
It would be nice if you had an SSL certificate for the site.
LetsEncrypt should be easy to integrate.
Steem.link not running anymore?
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