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Starting now, every new shortlink on a free Short.io plan lives on s.gy — our new default free domain. Shorter, cleaner, and more room for your slugs.
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Announcing Organizations — a more mature way to structure and manage your company
Organizations is a new layer above Teams — unifying billing, identity, and company structure for larger, more complex Short.io setups.
New! Brazil and Thailand edge locations
Short.io now has edge servers in Brazil and Thailand — meaning faster links for users across South America and the APAC region.
New! Improved fake bot detection
“Bots can fake their identity in your analytics — appearing as Google, Bing, or OpenAI when they're not. Here's how Short.io now catches them.”
New! Check Open Graph links & debug deep links on our website for free
Free Open Graph checker and Deep Links debugger diagnose why social previews look wrong and why deep links fail to open in apps.
New! Generate, customize, and debug QR codes on our website for free
Free QR code generator with color, pattern, and logo customization — plus a debugger to catch scanning issues before printing.
Bot vs. human traffic: How it works & what you can do about it
Bots make up 99%+ of traffic on every link — here's what different types of bots do and how to recognize the difference between meaningful clicks and automated traffic.
Understanding your link analytics, Part I: Every metric explained
A full breakdown of every metric Short.io tracks — clicks, conversions, geography, devices — and what each one tells you about link performance.
New! Conversion streaming
Real-time conversion updates show exactly when users complete actions after clicking your links, eliminating hour-long reporting delays.
For developers: sync Short.io links with link-sync-action and build Node.js integrations with @short.io/client-node
If you manage Short.io links as part of a software delivery process, it’s often easier to treat them like configuration: keep them in Git, review changes in pull requests, and let CI apply updates automatically. link-sync-action does exactly that—define links in shortio.yaml, then sync them to Short.io through a GitHub Actions workflow. This post covers two separate developer tools: * link-sync-action — sync links from a shortio.yaml file into Short.io https://github.com/Short-io/link-sync
Link auditing — now free for everyone
Audit trails tracking every change to links — who made it, when, and what happened — are now available to all users as a core security feature.
New! Public statistics sharing
Generate a shareable link to your domain statistics that updates in real time — no Short.io account needed to view it.