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How do url shortners make money?

Discussion in 'Social Networks' started by rishabh_destiny, Jan 29, 2010.

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    Everybody use url shortners these days. But my question is, how do url shortners like bit.ly make money?
     
    rishabh_destiny, Jan 29, 2010 IP
  2. bigcat1967

    bigcat1967 Active Member

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    I know off of Twitter - I use tinyurl.com to shorten my URL and then tweet it to my money page.
     
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  3. Andyee

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    Well... budurl.com makes money on his "members area"
     
    Andyee, Jan 29, 2010 IP
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    checkblog Well-Known Member

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    Generally they get funds from big companies just like twitter.
     
    checkblog, Jan 29, 2010 IP
  5. earnincome

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    By Adsense. Ex : Just check tinyurl.com. and see in the right side, you see google ads. So i can say each url shortener sites, have different sources of earning.
     
    earnincome, Jan 29, 2010 IP
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    XTR3M3 XPL01T3R Active Member

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    Most from ads, you mite have noticed an ad on full page with a option skip this ad. And many more
     
    XTR3M3 XPL01T3R, Jan 29, 2010 IP
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    You can place ads on your page , eg: Adsense, Adbrite etc
     
    TheVccMatey, Jan 30, 2010 IP
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    etc Well-Known Member

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    just like any other sites. they still have ads n their pages.
     
    etc, Jan 30, 2010 IP
  9. rishabh_destiny

    rishabh_destiny Active Member

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    Ok. But how many of you actually visit the shortening service website? I mean I never do. I always shorten my url by some extention or API.
     
    rishabh_destiny, Jan 30, 2010 IP
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    music legend Well-Known Member

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    most people use it to mask a referral id for a affiliate program
     
    music legend, Jan 30, 2010 IP
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    You can make money from shorten URL's if the URL you've shrunk would be used regularly or have many traffics because every time somebody clicked your shortened URL there's an advertisement before they can actually see the main page of your website. For every advertisement shown, You can earn from it.
     
    swtexans, Jan 30, 2010 IP