Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Why Bitly.com?

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by Varun Khanna

What is Bitly?
Bitly.com is a URL code shortener.

1. Shortened code
http://community.pepperdine.edu/techlearn/teaching/speaker-series/default.htm

Enter long URL. bitly.com will auto-shorten code
 
Auto-generated shortened URL code
2. Customize
Customize link to brand course, event or document
 3. Get Statistics

 
Click to view URL statistics
Data collected by bitly.com

 4. QR code
 Click on View stats. Click bottom right for QR code.
Auto-generate QR code with single click


 5. Add to Bundle
Gather bitly.com links in a bundle for convenient viewing by students. 

Convenient bundling of bitly.com URL links