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16:50
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swebb |
soultcer: did you grab my file? https://www.dropbox.com/s/yvh0yel4vj3nzjb/2012-twitter-unrolled-urls-20120101-20121217.txt.bz2 |
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18:23
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soultcer |
swebb: Yes, got it |
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18:23
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swebb |
Excellent. |
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18:23
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swebb |
I'll leave it up there for a while just in case. |
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18:23
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soultcer |
I'll import it into the db and will add it to the db so that everyone can use it even for shorteners that I have not imported |
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18:24
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soultcer |
I seriously underestimated just how many different URL shorteners are being used by Twitter users. |
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18:25
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swebb |
Yea, it's got everything recursively un-wound, so it t.co/xxx -> bit.ly/xxx -> amzn.com/xxx -> etc รขยยฆ It's got them all until the non-redirected url is hit. |
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18:25
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swebb |
There are a buttload of shorteners out there. |
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18:26
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swebb |
instagram has one, flicker, facebook, amazon, รขยยฆ Most major sites that have some sort of twitter integration have their own shortener. |
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18:31
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soultcer |
The Amazon one is just a Bitly Pro thing actually |
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18:32
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soultcer |
When you go to bitly and shorten and amazon.com link, you won't get a bit.ly/XXX link, but an amzn.to/XXX link |
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18:56
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swebb |
Ahh |
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18:56
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swebb |
It's possible that many shorteners are using the bit.ly DNS trick. |
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18:57
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swebb |
Does amzn.to/xxx = bit.ly/xxx ? |
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19:16
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soultcer |
Yes |
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19:16
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soultcer |
But not bit.ly/XXX = amzn.to/XXX |
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19:17
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soultcer |
It's not a DNS trick, they are paying for Bitly Pro (or Enterprise or whatever they call it) |
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19:17
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soultcer |
http://www.enterprise.bitly.com/products/ |
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19:57
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swebb |
It looks like anyone can make a custom domain under their bit.ly account. I made one and it works: http://www.evernote.com/shard/s41/sh/f5d00bd0-7bdd-45b4-a000-119ba00ce74a/28e0d7aef6ceb1dbc07a97ee64c7f0c6 |
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19:58
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swebb |
Where custom_domain/xxx = bit.ly/xxx |
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19:58
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swebb |
You don't have to sign up for the enterprise account. |
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19:58
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swebb |
Just make a cname in DNS and you're up and running. |
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20:21
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soultcer |
But the difference is that when someone shortens an amazon.com on bitly, it will become an amzn.to url. |
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20:21
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soultcer |
*an amazon.com URL |
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20:41
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swebb |
Ahh. |
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20:41
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swebb |
Understood. |