iPhone Buzz » URL shortener

Squeezer, a URL shortener app for iPhone

Budi Putra — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:06:53 +0000

Squeezer allows you to shorten a long URL from Safari and sharing it quickly via Facebook, Twitter, SMS, or email. Just copy the URL from Safari, then launch Squeezer, hit the ‘Squeeze It’ button, and the long URL get magically shortened!

The very nice looking app currently supports the following URL shortening services:

You can also use Squeezer to update your status for both Facebook and Twitter. Squeezer [iTunes link] is now available on the App Store, and is priced at $1.99.

[via Just Another iPhone Blog]

Appsto.re, iPhone app URL shortener

Budi Putra — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:43:38 +0000

Despite many other URL shortening services out there, here is another new service on this field: appsto.re. It focuses specifically on iTunes links.

Why use appsto.re URL’s? According to them:

They contain the name of your app, making people more likely to click.

They take people straight to iTunes, increasing the chance people will buy your app.

They are short! So they are easy to share on twitter or where ever.

However, a TechCrunch reader tells us that iPhone apps already have short URLs, e.g. http://itunes.com/apps/scavenge.

[via TechCrunch]