Cligs: URL Shortening and a lot More

• Posted by Badi Jones on September 15th, 2008 - Comment on this Post »

Today, I got the heads up from @pierrefar about his new url shortening tool Cli.gs. URL shortening tools have become really popular, especially on Twitter, where posts/ tweets need to be 140 characters or less.

To be honest, I would have been impressed it Cli.gs was just plain url shortening service (maybe just because I like the name), but Cli.gs has a lot more to offer than just URL shortening.

Traffic data and analytics
Cli.gs allows you to track statistics for each URL that you shorten. ( Number of hits, Referral stats, Mentions on twitter, blogs, and the web, Mentions of the destination URL on twitter, blogs, the web, and delicious)

Cli.gs forwards link juice
Cli.gs uses a 301 redirect so the site that you link to will actually get the credit/ SEO benefits from the link.

unlimited number of short URLs for the same destination URL
“This is great because you can promote the same destination at different sites like twitter or facebook by using different cligs and watch how each source sends you traffic.”

I think cli.gs is really cool. Contrats @pierrefar. Great idea, and great work.

Update: Pierre has added this video explaining Cli.gs

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!