If you were to use URL123 instead of TinyUrl, you would be able to:
* update a short link if the destination link changes, without breaking the short link
* track how many clicks were made on each link
* give your links nicknames so you remember what they link to!
* customize your own subdomain [example - http://37signals.url123.com ]
* customize your short extensions [example - http://37signals.url123.com/SalonArti
A complete strategy to build a better blog from a veteran pro-blogger. Read and re-read it, please.
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Track visitors to your website using Google Maps: gVisit.com
While the low entry barriers to blogging are empowering, the caveat is: Once you start a blog, you better keep it running. You must generate content or the blogosphere will soon forget you. This subtle pressure leads some bloggers to experience a mental unease that one might call “blogophobia†– the ever-present anxiety of letting your blog wilt like an un-watered flower.
Google has introduced RSS and Atom feeds for its popular Google News aggregation service.
RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, and Atom are XML-based document formats that alert Internet users to the latest articles or postings on their favorite Web sites via a single feed reader, which can be integrated into an e-mail application or Web browser.