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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

On Jan 13, 2009, at 8:44 AM, Erdman, James wrote:

> I have found that some of the older "Tiny URLs" no longer work for me.
> Not sure if that is because of the site they should link to, or a
> function of the Tiny URL site, but it might be useful to publish the
> long original link as well as the Tiny URL.
>
> Jim, in Western Wisconsin

I have found a large fraction of old links die, especially old links  
to on-line newspapers or magazines.  I'm pretty sure the problem is  
with the underlying link and not with the tiny URL.  On the other  
hand, it is often considered polite to show the full URL, too, so  
people know what sort of thing to expect on the other end - there's  
usually a lot of human-readable information in the link itself.   
People can still read the info they want if the line got split or  
something, so the tiny URL adds value in making it easier to use the  
link.

Ginda