Short URL Overview by LNK.IN

LNK.IN is basically a URL redirection service, or a "Short URL Machine", but several features has been added to make it more useful for many users. Below are some examples of our FREE service:

• Short URL’s for internet users
• Short URL’s for webmasters
• Short URL’s for internet marketers
• Short URL’s for affiliates
• Short URL’s for magazines and articles
• Short URL tracking
• Short URL privacy
• Short URL’s for Everyone

Short URL’s for internet users: AUTO LNK.IN

AUTO LNK.IN is a one-click solution for internet users who want to link to the homepage they are presently looking at in their internet browser. With just one click, the often long and complicated URL is converted into a LNK.IN link - a very short URL with the format http://lnk.in/xxxx. This short URL is automatically put on the users clipboard, so it can be pasted directly into where it’s needed. Learn more about AUTO LNK.IN here!

Short URL’s for webmasters: The LNK.IN Button

The LNK.IN Button is designed to give webmasters a chance to improve the usability and success of websites with parameter-rich URL’s. The LNK.IN Button is a small JavaScript that can be placed close to sections of the page, that users might want to tell others about. Instead of copy-pasting the original long and ugly - perhaps even line break generating - link into where they need it, they can click the LNK.IN Button and have a very short URL with the format http://lnk.in/xxxx put automatically on their clipboard, so it can be pasted directly into where it’s needed. Learn more about the LNK.IN Button here!

Short URL’s for internet marketers: Custom links, LNK.IN syntax

Internet marketing is a lot about names, and promoting a site with an ugly URL like www.SomeWellknownFreeHostingCompany.com/user54723 will probably not convince anyone about the seriousness of a new business. With LNK.IN Custom Links it is possible to create a nice and meaningful short URL with a name that suits the business. LNK.IN even has a very flexible URL syntax, that allows the links to be promoted in the most effective way. All the variations below are valid representations of the same link (xxxx): lnk.in/xxxx ; www.lnk.in/xxxx ; xxxx.lnk.in ; www.xxxx.lnk.in ; lnkin.com/xxxx ; www.lnkin.com/xxxx ; xxxx.lnkin.com ; www.xxxx.lnkin.com As an example, Peter could be selling music at www.PetersPop.lnkin.com

Short URL’s for affiliates: Anonymized links

Affiliate marketing is a modern way of having an ever-present shop on the internet, but the storefront - the affiliate link - is often an ugly long URL that might chase some customers away. With LNK.IN it is possible to make a short anonymized link that doesn’t say anything about the payment processor nor the affiliate. The short URL from LNK.IN is nicer to look at, and not as sensitive to attacks from malicious spyware/adware.

Short URL’s for magazines and articles: Batch LNK.IN

In newspapers, magazines and articles, both on- and offline, it is very common to link to websites, where sources, additional information or related subjects can be found, but quite often, the URL’s are long and will cause ugly line breaks in the text. Batch LNK.IN converts all valid URL’s in a text to very short URL’s with the format http://lnk.in/xxxx. To avoid misspellings when links are transferred from one media to another, none of the automatically generated short URL’s from LNK.IN contain any of the numbers 0 and 1, nor any of the letters i, l and o.

Short URL tracking: LNK.IN Statistics

All registered LNK.IN users can check how often any of their short URL’s has been clicked. This can be very useful for article writers who want to see which links interests their viewers, and for internet marketers who want to evaluate the efficiency of different advertising campaigns. The LNK.IN Statistics works only for links created by registered users, and can only be seen by the user who created the link.

Short URL privacy: LNK.IN Password Protection

All the short URL’s created by LNK.IN works as if they are sub pages to the LNK.IN homepage, so anyone who knows or guesses the name of a link can follow it to the original URL. If a user wish to create a short URL that is only viewable by a targeted audience, it is possible to protect it by a password. This service is found on the Custom Link page. It is important to remember however, that LNK.IN does not use high security level as in internet bank transactions - the security level of short URL’s with LNK.IN Password Protection is more comparable to the security level of email programs running on standard servers.

Short URL’s for Everyone: LNK.IN

This page contains several examples of how specific user categories can benefit from the many ways of creating short URL’s with LNK.IN. But every user is different, and there are many other ways of using LNK.IN, so we encourage everyone to use our service whenever and for whatever (legal) purpose it can be useful to You. Please tell us at feedback@lnk.in, if you have any questions or ideas, and don’t be afraid to share LNK.IN with your friends and colleagues - there will always be plenty of short URL’s left for you.