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Tech Tip Tuesday - URL Shortener

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If you want to join the linky, grab the Tech Tip Tuesday button.  Post about a technology tip.  Then link up below! Click { here } to fill out my form if you are interested in helping me improve my tech tips. ***************************** Do you want to know how people post shortened urls to their blog posts or other pages?  These short url codes are very popular when trying to save characters on Twitter. There are a couple different ones that I have used. The first one is from Google.  You just go to  https://goo.gl/ Paste or type the url that you want to shorten in the box. Let's say I want to link to my blog.  I would put the address of my blog in the box and then click on the shorten URL button. It will give you the short code for you to copy and show you a snippet of the page.  That way you can easily check to make sure you entered the original link correctly. Now, you can post the short code in a tweet and it won't take up as many characters as t