Shortest URL Shortener – u.nu
Written by Pradeep Kumar in Websites - Print This Post
u.nu is the best URL shortener I ever seen. Up to my knowledge this is the only site that provides world’s shortest URL.
Even though it works as ordinary URL short services. It is simple to use indeed. Go to u.nu and enter your desired link there and you will see the shortest URL domain name you ever seen in any URL short services.
Using this cool URL short service we resized this post’s URL into small size.
Original link : http://hellboundbloggers.com/2009/04/25/shortest-url-shortener-unu/
Short URL : http://u.nu/sda4d [Link Disabled]
The new URL is a whopping 54 characters (79%) shorter! They also provide you HTML and Forum code.
So why to use this Short URL Service instead of other URL services available?
- u.nu is the shortest domain name available.
- u.nu doesn’t use look-alike characters, such as l, 1, I, 0, and O.
- u.nu is not serious about cases, so you can easily read your URLs to someone over the phone or send them via SMS.
- u.nu is a palindrome – if you are ignoring the dot.
Updated : Due to constant abuse, this service has been discontinued.
You can also try other famous URL Shorteners like Su.pr, McAf.ee, Goo.gl, etc.
HBB launched its own URL Shortener, but it will used only for our own resources.
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Thanks for sharing mate !
Hey,
I have been using u.nu for a while now, it has got great API support and simple tracking, just add a ‘?’ after the link and you get the stats.
For instance, if its u.nu/abcd enter unu/abcd? and you will get details of the link and how many times it was used. Its simple and does’nt suck bandwidth.
Good to see u.nu featured here, its one of my fav’s, second comes bit.ly
I tried making a.nu for my sister anu, but its already taken
Cheers…
Wow ! Thanks for sharing mate !
The stats are really cool .. it would be nice if they could password-protect those URLs !
Cheers for your sis Anu !
url shortners wars are going on too much of url shortners that’s only credit goes to Twitter,does we really need too much url shortners now.
That credit also goes for Digg dude !
Hey, I compiled a little list of three-character (actually four, if you count the dot) URL shorteners at http://asalko.blogspot.com/2009/05/three-shortest-url-shortners-in-world.html – currently there are seven, including u.nu.
Nice sharing mate !
Threely (http://3.ly) is way better… it has all the features of u.nu and more, like customizations!
I use threely’s for my tweets all the time…
Nina
I agree Nina ! But overall debut performance I guess UNU is really cool !
As a lover of website design, I really like the look of UNU !
Thanks for commenting ! Cheers !
Yes exactly, it is the undoubted Smallest URL Shortener! It might lose its honour only if ICANN comes up with a single character TLD!
Yeah ! It has cool status features also.. we check how many times that URL has been visited and more… really excellent… !
3.ly also the shortest url…
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