The BIGGEST URL shortening service is…..Bit.ly
A week ago we reported the end of the url shortening service cli.gs and asked what would happen to all the cli.gs urls and who would step up to take over all their traffic? Well it seems with a little help from Twitter a url shortening King has emerged. Since Twitter made Bit.ly its default shortener its traffic has sky-rocketed.
The numbers taken from Compete showing the change in U.S traffic for the major url shortening services can be found below:
- Bit.ly: 6.43 million U.S. visitors, +12.65% growth from August to September
- TinyURL:5.55 million U.S. visitors, -1.47% growth from August to September
- is.gd: 631,000 U.S. visitors, -13.66% growth from August to September
- Tr.im: 416,000 U.S. visitors, -39.87% growth from August to September
- Ow.ly: 1.41 million U.S. visitors, +9.45% growth from August to September
With such large numbers and an impressive growth it seems as though Bit.ly is now positioned to dominate the url shortening service.
We’re already using it and it seems most of you are too.
