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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 01 > As Web communication shrinks, so do the accompanying links

As Web communication shrinks, so do the accompanying links

But URL shorteners can bring hazards as well as easy use

By Rachel Metz / The Bulletin
June 1, 2009

NEW YORK — On the short-messaging service Twitter, space is at a premium: You’ve got 140 characters to make your point, and you probably don’t want to waste half of it on a super-sized link to your latest YouTube obsession.

There’s an increasingly popular....

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