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For developers: sync Short.io links with link-sync-action and build Node.js integrations with @short.io/client-node

If you manage Short.io links as part of a software delivery process, it’s often easier to treat them like configuration: keep them in Git, review changes in pull requests, and let CI apply updates automatically. link-sync-action does exactly that—define links in shortio.yaml, then sync

Post-mortem on Oct 20th AWS incident

Yesterday our hosting provider, AWS, experienced a long-running incident. It affected thousands of businesses worldwide (including ours). Incidents happen regularly, and we should be prepared for them. Below I explain why this one led to downtime for us. We received the first alerts from our monitoring at 07:18

No Intermediary Pages, No Ads, No Data Sales — Short.io’s Promise to You

At Short.io, we believe that link shortening and QR codes should be fast, seamless, and secure. Unlike other URL shorteners, we do not add an intermediate page with ads before redirecting your visitors to their final destination—even in our free plan. 🚀 Direct, Ad-Free Short Links & QR

Short.io Annual Review: 15 Billion Redirects, New Features, and More

As another year started, we’re excited to share the latest milestones and achievements at Short.io. Whether you’re a seasoned user or just discovering our platform, we want to give you an inside look at how we’ve grown, what’s new, and how we continue to meet—

Short.cm Inc Achieves ISO 27001 Certification

Short.cm Inc, a leading provider in the field of URL shortening services, proudly announces its recent attainment of the ISO 27001 certification. This certification is a significant achievement and underscores Short.cm Inc's steadfast commitment to the highest standards of information security. ISO 27001 is an internationally

When Should You Upgrade Your Link Shortener?

It's essential to save every penny when a business is starting up. After all, when you don't have an established customer base, your highest priority is to secure that regular client first. But when you already have a burgeoning business, when is the right time to

Why It's Crucial to Have Accurate Statistics When Tracking Links

History has proven you need accurate data to know the next steps you should take. That's why governments and companies do their best to gather as much information as they can. Because when you have information on what people want and need, you can effectively serve them— and

What's a URL Shortener, and Why Everyone Should Use It?

As our world moves more into the online space, everything put in it—a product page, a personal profile, or even just a single photo—must have an address called the Uniform Resource Locator or URL. Much like an address in the real world, the URL tells the user how

Role of Short Links for Personal Branding

In this century of modern technologies and active social media use, everyone is trying to create a personal image. A girl posts a beautiful bouquet, conveying an image of a "lucky girlfriend." Parents share pictures of their kids' achievements to create a "best parents" brand.

How to Improve Social Media Delivery

What ideas do you have when thinking about social media delivery? No, no. It has nothing common with food delivery :) It's about social media strategy and ways to share content that will fit your audience's interests. Today, on the Short.io [https://short.io] blog, we

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7 Reasons Not to Shorten Links

Don't even think of shortening links. No kidding! If you don't believe us, here are seven reasons that prove URL shortening is intended for the strongest: via GIPHY [https://giphy.com/gifs/ever-flawless-meryl-M33UV4NDvkTHa] 1. Your social networks will look engaging. Now, profile descriptions

How to Measure the Effectiveness of Online Advertising

From the day the online advertising has taken off, marketers have been experiencing some difficulties in measuring the success of online campaigns. How can businesses find out if the ads are profitable or, on the contrary, waste money to no avail? Today, on the Short.io blog, we'll

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5 Things to Do with Short Links on Instagram

Short links are a powerful marketing tool to drive more clicks. Vanity URLs attract more users as they are attractive, small, and reliable. Since Instagram allows only one active link in the account, applying short links becomes even more helpful. By the way, Instagram should allow adding an active link

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How to Avoid Being Blacklisted

Email marketing is a commonly used technique to spread the word about your brand. The initial objectives are to increase brand awareness, customer retention, and revenue. However, often the emails don't reach the recipients, ending up in a spam folder. Strict requirements and spam filters or a personal

What is the Benefit of Reddit for your Business?

The main goal of Reddit is to group subreddits, which perform as separate communities of interest. There people from all over the world share comments, posts, and anything related to the topic the subreddit deals with. Reddit is a large social network that can bring new customers if knowing how

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Short.io Insights to Increase Halloween Sales

It's Halloween soon!👻 Halloween lasts for one day, but marketing campaigns start one or even two weeks before. The holidays are a golden time for e-shops, shops, and sellers. In the run-up to Halloween, most companies actively promote discount products or simply popular Halloween goods like

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How to Find and Fix 404 Short Links

Broken links are the most unexpected and unwanted pages that harm your website's SEO and user experience. For visitors, it doesn't matter what issue the website owner has. After facing a 404 page, most users will leave the site and won't go back anymore.

Cover all Projects by Using Multiple Domains

Using multiple domain names for one or several projects helps you achieve flexibility and differentiate between projects' directions. With the number of customized subdomains on Short.io, it's possible to add multiple short domains for one project and easily manage them from one place. Promote lines of

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How to Return Visitors who Haven't Made a Purchase

Nearly 90% of customers don't make purсhases after visiting a website. How then is it possible for a business to not lose this warm traffic and convert visitors into buyers? That is the question most marketers ask. The advice is as follows: stick in the minds of visitors

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5 Ideas for Geo-targeting

Geo-targeting redirects to an appropriate web-page based on an IP address of a visitor. Having identified a user's location, relevant content is served. Conduct tests on how different locations may produce some interesting insights. Below introduced five ideas on how to apply geo-targeting. Short.io

Shorten Links With Predefined Features

Short.io integrates with Zapier, meaning that you can make magic with the short links. Today, on the Short.io blog, we'll show how to set Short.io features automatically for the newly created short URLs. Each time a link is shortened, it has an automatically implemented link

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Direct Integration: Short.io and Facebook Pixel

Facebook Pixel is a piece of code, which you paste to your website to measure the flow of visitors on your page, set up custom events for future customization of the advertising campaigns. With Short.io things are simpler! To connect Facebook Pixel to Short.io, you don’t need

10 Best Ways to Grow Ecommerce Business

In today's time, starting an eCommerce business is challenging. Not only just starting but running a successful one is also not easy. Therefore, to help you out, we have compiled the top 10 ways to increase eCommerce business. We all know that enhancing online sales is the ultimate

Mobile Links for Amazon Shopping

Short.io provides Android targeting to open a mobile application after Android users click a short link. Today, on the Short.io blog, we will show how to create a short link that opens the Amazon Shopping mobile app on the specified page, if the app is insalled. When using

Top 10 Expert Email Marketing Tips For 2021

When well-implemented, email marketing can be an effective way to increase brand loyalty and boost conversions. Globally, people send numerous emails daily, with the number continuing to rise steadily. Although you may want to do business through emails, it does not mean that all recipients are bound to open