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FREE URL REDIRECTION SERVICES

If you do not like your L O N G url, then you should use a redirect service...

Important: when you promote, many site removes the end of the url if it is too long! So redirect before promoting and promote your new url!

You can even set up several redirects to your existing web site and trick the ffa sites into letting you post your ad multiple times on the same page!! (tricky huh :-)

Arrive :Free URL redirection service that desperately wants to pretend to be something else (see their FAQ!). Offers a choice of over 50 domain names, as well as a free email address and various other goodies. You can pick up to 5 free Arrive addresses for your site.

Beam.to : Offers free URL forwarding of the form beam.to/sitename. You must place a small (88x31 pixel) button on your page in exchange for using the service.

Bigfoot : Not only does BigFoot provide much-loved email forwarding services, but it now also offers URL forwarding of the form http://www.bigfoot.com/~membername

CBJ.net : Free URL redirection with no advertisements! You can get an address of the form domain.cjb.net

CyberName : This site offers free URL forwarding to your own subdomain.

HomePad : Free URL redirection service that lets you choose the subdomain of the domain name of your choice. For instance, domain.homepad.com. A popup ad window will be displayed as each visitor is redirected. You can pay to remove these ads should you wish to do so. Note that this site seems to be going through some growing pains, since a note that tracking is "temporarily" disabled has been displayed for more than 3 months so far.

IsCool.net : Free URL forwarding. For a fee you can remove the banner ads.

OnTheWeb: You get lots of choice with this free redirection service: you can choose from 2 different addressing schemes and 4 different ways of displaying your new URL. You can choose yourname.domain or domain/yourname, and how you want ads to appear on your site.

Rename.com: Rename.com offers free URL forwarding of the form domain/username. Their service is ad-supported, by a single 230x30 pixel banner. They have a good selection of domain names, including starwars.at, which is likely to be very popular!

TSX: TSX (the Technosite Exchange) offers free URL redirection of the form subdomain.tsx.org as well as various options, such as their SiteHide service that conceals the real URL of your website so that only your TSX URL is visible to site visitors. You can choose between banner or popup advertising.

ULimit : ULimit offers free URL forwarding of the form www.yourchoice.domain as well as email forwarding and free electronic business cards to notify people of your new web address.

VDirect : A new entrant to the URL forwarding market, VDirect offers two types of service: either choose a domain name from the list and get http://username.domain and http://www.username.domain (along with a username@domain free email address) or else register a domain name with them and get full www.domain.com redirection! (the latter option is also open to you if you already own a domain name). VDirect also offers statistics on the number of people visiting your site through the redirection link. All this is free and ad-supported, though you can choose to remove the ads for an annual fee. Sadly, the range of "standard" domain names is fairly limited.

Visitweb: This is my great favorite as it do nothing but redirect, no banners, no obligations.

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