TweaK claims to offer shortest URLs
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- Apr 30, 2009
Dot TK, the registry for .TK domain names, has launched a new URL shortening service TweaK, in a bid to capitalize on the growing demand for placing short links in Twitter.
TweaK is available for free, and renames a long web address into a short domain name. The domain name is registered with the .TK extension and is available immediately.
The domain name is up to five characters in length, which the company said is the shortest possible URL a shortening service can provide today.
TweaK has been tested by thousands of developers in the last couple of weeks.
“Competitors in the URL shortening industry are using a short domain name and add a six character suffix behind it to identify the link. At Dot TK we identify the link directly by the domain name, making each link at least six characters shorter than any other URL shortening service”, explains Joost Zuurbier, CEO at Dot TK. “We believe that in applications like Twitter each and every character is important. You simply have more room for your actual message.”
TweaK also released an API that allows developers to integrate the TweaK service into their own application.
Dot TK asks all developers that have integrated the Twitter API into their services also to integrate the TweaK API, making their offering complete.
“TweaK is using a real 301 redirect to the user that is using a TweaKed domain. A 301 redirect is a great way to still have search engines follow the domain to the actual website with the actual content.”, says Maurice van der Meer, CTO at Dot TK. “We are very happy to release this service and we are welcoming all developers to start using our free TweaK API.”
