URL Shorteners

Yahoo Interested In Acquiring Bit.ly

by Jeff Weisbein July 24, 2010

There have been reports that Yahoo is in the early stages of negotiations with the popular URL shortening service Bit.ly according to sources familiar with the matter says GigaOM. Of course, this isn’t the first hot startup to be in talks with Yahoo, many were speculating that Yahoo was talking with the hot location based service Foursquare [...]

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Official Launch: bt.gd Goes Live!

by Jeff Weisbein December 24, 2009

Roslyn, New York – December 24th, 2009 – BestTechie Holdings, Inc. is pleased to announce the official launch of bt.gd. The launch of bt.gd marks BestTechie’s first full web service. The bt.gd project started as a private shortener for BestTechie.net. After a few months, Jeff Weisbein realized the growing need for short URLs. In November [...]

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bt.gd Plans to Roll Out New Features on Christmas

by Jeff Weisbein December 17, 2009

I’m pleased to announce that the roll outs of the new features for bt.gd which are currently in development have been planned to be released on Christmas day at exactly 12:01 AM EST. What will be included in this roll out? Facebook login for easier link tracking. New Directory New Popular links New Recent links [...]

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Beta Launch: bt.gd URL Shortener

by Jeff Weisbein November 30, 2009

I have briefly mentioned in the past about a new URL shortening service that I’m launching known as bt.gd. Well, I’m pleased to announce that the bt.gd beta has officially launched. The new service is joining an already growing market but I believe we can offer more than the competition. Currently, bt.gd has the following [...]

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