A big thanks to Brighton-based NixonMcInnes for supplying a Wordpress plugin that, with widespread adoption, would help ease the problem that would occur should one of the URL-shortening services die. Jeremy also writes about the problem here.
After activating the NixonMcInnes plugin, the url of this post will be both a search-engine friendly: http://www.iestyn.net/wp/2009/04/07/short-urls-with-wordpress
..and it will also be: http://iestyn.net/wp/?p=290
Ok, so that’s 27 characters vs 25 for a tinyurl, and less should I want to alter some URL rewriting (which I’ll do soon). Not bad, and I’ve just saved my own tiny piece of the internets.
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