Custom short URLs and WordPress SEO stuff
// May 18th, 2009 // Comments Off // General, Techie
If you use Twitter, chances are you’ve seen or have submitted URLs using short URL services like tinyurl.com or bit.ly. Because of the limited number of characters allowed in Twitter tweets, you simply have to use them to get your point accross. The problem with using these public services is that, to most people they have no clue really where the link is going to take them. Because of this, some places have started using their own short URLs; when you see the custom short URL, you know where you’re headed.
So, I wanted to have our own short URL domain for CliqueClack. Domains are cheap, but only if you use one of the primary top-level domains (.com, .net, .us …). If you try to use domai.nr to find domains, it will even search country-specific domains, many of which can cost hundreds of dollars to register, if you’re allowed to at all! While I would have loved to have cla.ck for our short domain, apparently the Cook Islands are picky with what you do with their domains. So, we settled with clak.us — it’s cheap and it makes sense: Clack Us!
