The Top 10 URL Shorteners

URL shorteners are very usefull for micro blogging. They will take away your very long URL's and make them shorter for bloggers who like to share URL's. Short URL's give you more space to type on specially in your posts in Twitter. Some URL shorteners give you the ability to track the number of clicks and give you the control of the appearance of the URL. It all makes the dirty long URL's more clean making it convenient for the eyes. Here is my top 10 URL shorteners

1. ow.ly/url/shorten-url

Features:

• Social Bar
• Premium Services
• Branding (Pro)
• Search engine friendly
• URL statistics

2. tinyurl.com

Features:

• Toolbar
• URL Redirection
• Custom Alias
• Preview Feature 

3. su.pr

Features:

• Real time analytics.
• Schedule when will links be published
• An api that lets submission easy

4. urslink.com

Features:

• Your Ads on short URL's  on cloak (optional)
• URL Statistics
• Easy Publish to Facebook, Myspace and Twitter
• QR Codes and Microsoft Tags
• Customize URL

5.  bit.ly

Features:

•     Share easily to Twitter
•     URL Statistics
•     Api and Advanced tools

 6. is.gd

Features:

• Bookmarklet feature
• Search bar
• Firefox plugin
• Palm Pre and Pixi SmartPhones access to Is.Gd 

7. cli.gs

Features:

• Custom link
• Quick Share on Twitter
• Real Time Statistics 

8. tiny.cc 

Features:

• Custom URL
• Log Statistics
• Edit URL

9. goo.gl 

Features:

• Link Analytics
• Good for traffic 

10.  sn.im

Features:

• Toolbar snippet
• Api to shortenURL
• Multi shorten long URL's