Chrome-Stats extension
Best URL Shortener
Convert long URLs or Links of websites to short and friendly ones.
Total ratings for Best URL Shortener
4.47
(Rating count:
57)
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Pros
- Very helpful and easy to use
- Saves time and energy
- Works quickly and easily
- Convenient for Amazon links
Cons
- Use of suspicious URL (bityl.co)
- Phishing-style link
- Bait and switch maneuver
- No longer works for Amazon links
Most mentioned
- Very helpful extension
- Good extension
- Best extension
- Saves time and energy
- Convenient for Amazon links
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Recent reviews for Best URL Shortener
Recent rating average:
4.20
All time rating average:
4.47
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| Date | Author | Rating | Lang | Comment |
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| 2024-04-11 |  |
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en | Works like a champ, not too fussy and demanding! |
| 2024-03-25 |  |
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en | I have to agree with @Noodles in their review below. I believe what they mean by "phishing-style link" is that the url "https://bityl.co/OyMT" (which is what this extension shortens this Chrome Web Store page to,) looks like it is directing users to a malicious website. Why? Because it is underhanded and suspicious, and a well-known tactic of actual malicious entities. They make people think they are clicking on a familiar link (something like "www.AmazonHelp.co" instead of "https://amazon.com/hz/contact-us/" and they do the same thing with email addresses) because they rely on the fact that many internet users do not pay close attention to the links they are clicking or the web addresses they direct them to. It is obvious that "bityl.co" is spoofing "bit.ly", attempting to appear to be the trusted "bit.ly" instead of an unknown and highly sus knockoff. In his response, the developer is either acting in bad faith by pretending that he is unaware of what this means, or he is truly clueless about internet security, and whichever option is correct doesn't matter to me because they've lost my trust completely. You can be original and make up your own link instead of using a common phishing tactic (SPOOFING), or you can own up to the fact that you're doing shady things to fly under the radar unnoticed. Feigning ignorance isn't a good look for a "dev". |
| 2024-02-05 |  |
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en | Thank you for this handy free tool! I find it most convenient. Will tracking and maybe broken link alerts ever be a feature? |
| 2023-12-29 |  |
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en | Not sure what to make of this. I went to bed with Amazon URL Shortener and woke up to “Best URL Shortener”, an extension that I've never heard of. Beats me how this is even allowed. Granted, the old one was already a bit fishy with its shortened non-genuine Amazon link, but the new version takes it a step further with bityl.co. No idea who in their right mind would even click on such a phishing-style link. Rather than pulling this non-transparent bait and switch maneuver, it would have been nice to have a window pop up that informs me about a new extension with even more features. Since the dev seems well-intentioned, I see no reason to leave a 1-star review, but I'll probably switch to a shortener that does what I came here for (shorten Amazon links, nothing else) and simply takes the fluff out, so I end up with a nice, short and genuine amazon.com/DP/XYZ12345. |
| 2023-11-17 |  |
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| 2023-06-20 |  |
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Very good for when you have to send a lot of amazon links | |
| 2023-02-02 |  |
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good extension, does exactly what you want it to do. | |
| 2022-09-29 |  |
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this app should be rated more it's really good, tiny app but very useful | |
| 2022-01-28 |  |
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This WAS the BEST Amazon shortener available. But it is now DEFUNCT and no longer works. | |
| 2021-07-07 | Ethan Duncan |
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Great extension! Works very quickly and easily. The best shortener I've used in years. |
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