Bookmark This! June 5, 2009 posted by Dan

3.ly – extremely short URL shortener

3ly c51 3.ly extremely short URL shortener

Once upon a time, Tiny URL was enough, then came bi.tly now there’s 3.ly. It does everything the others do, but with less characters wasted at the start. You want to provide a URL preview, just bung a – at the end. Message ends.

Threely. The 3 Letter URL Shortener … The Shortest in the World.

Tags: threely, 3ly, 3+ly, url+shortener

About the Author:

Dan Ferris is the Red Ferret’s Oceanic correspondent and Associate Editor based in Sydney, Australia. Despite not knowing Russell Crowe or Nicole Kidman, Dan has risen above adversity and now scours the world for interesting tidbits to write about. He spends far too much time photographing stuff and tinkering with computers.

Dan – who has written 1169 posts on The Red Ferret Journal.

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The Steven

And what does this have to do with a Sinclair C5?
http://www.redferret.net Dan Ferris

Actually not much Steven but it's short and it's got three wheels.
What would you have used to illustrate it? :)
- The Steven
  
  I'm glad I'm a gentleman.
  
  Otherwise I might say something crude.
Manny Kianis

I like that little car! I really like Threely too! 3.ly makes the shortest URLs ever… thanks for the info/introduction to this shortener!