EveryJoe » SEO Strategy http://www.everyjoe.com Sports News - Tech Reviews - Entertainment - Life Tips for EveryJoe Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:09:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 How TinyURL changed my browsing experience http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/how-tinyurl-changed-my-browsing-experience-608/ http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/how-tinyurl-changed-my-browsing-experience-608/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:25:59 +0000 Jayvee Fernandez http://www.techsideup.com/how-tinyurl-changed-my-browsing-experience/ Post from: EveryJoe

How TinyURL changed my browsing experience

]]> Apart from the obvious use of TinyURL – which is to shorten links to make them more accommodating for microblogs, it’s other use is to mask pre-conceived notions that readers have established had they known the link source in the first place. The case example would be how it’s used in YouTube to hide a rick roll. But a more reflective use would be to incite curiosity for readers to click on the link since we don’t see the source URL on the status bar at the bottom of our browser.

Are you one of those persons…..
If you’re like me, I don’t click on links on blogs until I see the source URL at the bottom of my browser. Call it force of habit. Seeing the URL gives me preconceived notions about the site I’ll be led to (”Oh it’s another Engadget thing, or a Huffington Post story”). More often that not, the click through is defined by the post title below. If it’s a generic link to the blog’s main page, I don’t click.

TunyURL changes that. It adds a can of mystery over the browsing experience and increases the number of clicks I make to links. I’m no LOLcat, but it sure made me curious.

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How TinyURL changed my browsing experience

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