Why is #Disney using a Senegalese #domain name?
Entertainment giant, Disney, is using a Senegalese domain name and it’s not about the Lion King franchise. Operating from Disney.com, Disney uses Go.com for its humongous store, and a .sn domain for its social media. That domain is Di.sn that can be almost be pronounced as “Disney”—if you’re from some tall grass side of the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Firebase Dynamic Links : #Google pulls the plug on #domain URL shortener #Googl
Google is retiring its popular URL shortener, Goo.gl, replacing it with a new one called Firebase Dynamic Links. FDLs are smart URLs that allow you to send existing and potential users to any location within an iOS, Android or web app. There are two stages in the transition away from Goo.gl, a domain that uses […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.is.gd ‘back from the dead’ after implementing anti-DDoS solution
Popular URL shortener, is.gd, is back up, after a downtime of three days. The Gibraltar-based company went offline on May 18th, and thousands of “is.gd” links went dead. According to the announcement, the domain was also moved to a new registrar, KSregistry GmbH: “Sorry for the extended downtime, we haven’t forgotten about this and the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.You know the drill: URL shortener Bit.ly gets hacked, time to change passwords
These days, security glitches and flaws, such as the Heartbleed bug, can affect thousands of web sites and user accounts. Sometimes, the issue isn’t widespread due to the particular use of a compromised service, but due to the bad practice of sharing the same password across several services and apps. The bottom line: don’t do […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Shorten URL? Nah, get your MegaURL (.)co and make it really big!
What’s up with the need to shorten your URL? Making it smaller does not sound too healthy! The makers of MegaURL.co have a whole different idea altogether. Instead of turning your URL into a teenie weenie set of characters, MegaURL.co stretches it out into a mega string of magnum proportions, with the magic of Dot […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.New URL shortener involves no typing in the browser!
A crucial point has been reached, with many URL shorteners competing against each other. The URL shortener model is also non-profitable, although at some point in the future one might expect a “jump page” ad to be interleaved prior to the intended web site. A new start-up from the San Fransisco Bay is about to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Bit.ly: 56,800,235,584 ways to your URL
Ultra-popular URL shortener, Bit.ly is proud of not reusing its URL codes – those alphanumeric combinations after the domain. The reason is simple: unlike other URL shorteners that use 3 or 4 digits that eventually expire in order to be reused, Bit.ly uses six slots that never expire. Let’s do some math. There are 26 […]
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