Using Easy Link Manager to cut your URLS in half and track your incoming traffic.
Scenario: You are Bending the Web and you want to link to a specific post on your site, say, in a blog comment. If you have your blog set up like mine, in a folder on your domain, your urls can look like this:
http://www.jackhumphrey.com/fridaytrafficreport/friday-traffic-report/blogrovr-increased-my-rss-subscribers/
Even if your blog is on your root domain, like jackhumphrey.com, instead of a folder, the URL above would still be this long:
http://www.jackhumphrey.com/category/blogrovr-increased-my-rss-subscribers/
You have a couple of choices. You can use a service like SnipURL.com ad get a short, but funky URL like snipurl.com/4359ry.
Or you can pick up a sweet little application called Easy Link Manager and have URLS that look like this: jackhumphrey.com/elm
Tracking with Easy Link Manager
You can set up links to come from one of your remote blogs and track how much your effort in Bending the Web is paying off. Make unique links to your main site for each of your satellite pages, lenses, and blogs with Easy Link Manager and track the clicks.
Shorten your URLS for article syndication and Press Releases.
This is not an affiliate link. Just a useful, affordable application that makes creating shortened links possible on your own domain.
Download: Easy Link Manager