You can use this tool to make easier to post on blogs or forums URLs. Make email friendly URLs. Simplify links to your website. Hide an affiliate link. Create personal or unique addresses using a keyword. zURL.cc turns a ridiculously long URL into a tiny URL... short, meaningful and permanent.
An exampleShorten a Long URL [More than 300 characters]
http://www.mapquest.com/files/download.php?fid=1&mqma
pid=300&mqmap.y=75&mapdata=%252bKZmeiIh6N%252bI
gpXRP3bylMaN0O4z8OOUkZWYe7NRH6ldDN96YFTIUmSH
OzE5XVqcuc5zb%252fY5wy1MZwTnT2pu%252bNMjOjsHjvN
XNJKHY6fML4o6Nb0SeQm75ET9jAjKelrmqBCNta%252bsK
252bT9Su5KoQ9YpNSj%252bmo0h0aEK%252bofj3f6vCPq
Into a Short URL [20 characters]
http://zurl.cc/st6hdh
Which one is better?Obviously, the Short URL is much easier to memorize or work with. It fits where space is limited such as IRC channel topics, text messages or email signatures. A Short URL is perfect for posting to a blog or forum. Hide MySpace URLs. Create profiles for Facebook or other social networking sites. Share URLs through email and not worry about links wrapping or breaking. Shorten the link to your homepage and then use path forwarding to any page or subdomain on your site by simply adding the correct extension. You also have an option of creating links based on your desired keywords! Ebay auction pages, YouTube addresses and map links are notoriously long. Hide or redirect URLs. Have an address that you don't want to reveal... such as an affiliate link? Cloak and redirect it - the recipient will only see a short address containing zURL.cc domain.
Frequently Asked QuestionsHere are some frequently asked questions about shorten URL
Here's a few of the great benefits:
1) Get a short, professional looking & easy to remember URL!
2) Make sure visitors get to YOUR site and not your affiliates.
If you have a url that has your affiliate or other tracking ID in it then it's known that some people may cut out or change it when visiting your URL.
3) Features such as Mirror Management can greatly benefit a webmaster who uses mirrors to balance traffic or provide redundancy. You can use zURL.cc to divert traffic to mirrors according to weights you assign, or generate a list of your mirrors, so you can always have a permanent mirror list for visitors to choose from!
The short links that we provide will never expire.
If Custom box is left blank, the default link created will be 5 random characters. But you have the option of entering a keyword or phrase into this box to give the URL a specific alias or nickname. For example, you are shortening a link to a news article and to make it easy to remember you put "BBCNews" into the Custom box. The URL that results is http://zURL.cc/BBCNews. If the nickname is too short or already taken, then zURL.cc will add additional characters to this nickname.
Have instant access to link shortening anywhere you go on the internet! First drag and drop
zURL.cc! onto your Firefox toolbar. Once zURL.cc is on your Firefox toolbar or in your Bookmarks, you can shorten from the site you are visiting. A tiny link will be created for the URL currently in your address bar, with just a mouse click. You won't need to copy and paste that URL into our site first, it will be done automatically.

No toolbar showing? In your browser's menu, Go to: View , then: Toolbars, and checkmark "Bookmarks Toolbar".
If you don't like to enable your Toolbar you can add it to your regular bookmarks and select it anytime you want to shorten the url you're viewing. Right Click this link:
zURL.cc!
Then:

Now anytime you want to make a Short URL just select it from the bookmarks menu and it will send you to shorten URL instantly generating a Shorten URL for what ever page you're currently viewing.
If you want to enable your Bookmarks Toolbar you can do so by going to: View - Toolbars and checkmark "Bookmarks Toolbar".
Yes. zURL.cc does not allow any users to abuse our system. We do not allow any link creation for child pornography, hate speech, obscenity, or anything that is considered illegal by US or Canadian law. Any account caught using zURL.cc for illegal purposes will immediately be banned and reported the appropriate authorities.
".cc" suffix is the top-level domain for the Cocos Islands. It is commonly used as an alternative to the ".com" suffix for commercial Web sites. Although zURL.cc resides in the U.S., the use of a .cc domain allowed for a very descriptive and short name. Our typical shortened URL will average only 20 characters long - most other shortening services found on the Web commonly exceed 20 characters.
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URL BasicsUniform
Resource
Locater is used to specify addresses on the World Wide Web. A URL is the basic identifier for any resource found on the Web (hypertext pages, audio files and images). Here are some advantages to a short or custom URL:
People sometimes guess the domain name of sites they have not visited before; so pick a name that describes your blog, company or brand.Even when people have been to a site before, they will often try to guess or remember the site name instead of using a bookmark or history list; so create a memorable domain name that is easy to spell.Shorter URLs are better since people often type them manually.Social interface to the Web relies on email and networking sites. When users recommend web pages to each other, email and bookmarking sites are second only to search engines; so shorter is better. URLs greater than 78 characters long will usually wrap across a line feed, increasing likelihood of breaking.Some email clients impose a length limit at which lines are automatically broken; requiring the user to paste a long URL back together, rather than just clicking on it. A short URL alias is much less likely to be broken.