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Abdelrahman Aly
Abdelrahman Aly

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Go URL Shortening Service

Aside from just being more pleasing to the eye, shortened URLs can have the following added benefits:

  • More streamlined in appearance
  • If you’re trying to build a brand and are doing so through a social media campaign, having all your links be the same length and appear very similar is crucial.
  • Shortened links display better in emails, print material, and other places.
  • Tracking capabilities
  • Clicks on the link can be tracked
  • More validity in social media engagement:
  • A shortened link matching other links on your digital marketing materials and social media content lends validity to you as a business.
  • Long URLs with random characters and numbers can look shady, especially to someone who’s a new customer

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