BudURL is a URL shrinker that not only makes long URLs shorter, but also provides you with stats and an account so you can keep track of clicks.
After you create an account, you can use the bookmarklet to shrink URLs on the fly. Actually, you don’t need to create an account, but the best part of BudURL is the fact that you can track who is clicking on what and when they’re clicking on it. There’s a timestamp showing each time your URL was clicked on, how many times it was clicked, and you can even see the IP address of who was doing the clicking.
I had been using bit.ly recently to shorten my URLs because of the stats it provided, but because you still can’t create an account to keep track of those stats long-term, I’m now switching to BudURL. To see BudURL in action, watch the screencast below:
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