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How to Hide Referrer on Short.cm

A referrer is the URL of the website page the user came from. The referrers are displayed in statistics to determine the source of link clicks. The hiding referrer tool is used if you don’t want the destination owner to know that the user came from your website. E.g., when the owners of the destination website view Google Analytics reports, they will see clicks coming from your website. With hiding referrer, the owners of the destination domain will not see your traffic sources. Such a blank re

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What is Deep Linking and Why do You Need it?

Deep Links are the links, which redirect users to the specific content of the website. The visual example of a deep link is: The deep link redirects to a specific web page with the product. https://www.amazon.com/B06-Plus-Bluetooth-Receiver-Streaming/ The non-deep link performs as a website homepage. https://www.amazon.com How does deep linking work with mobile apps? Deep links redirect users directly to the app after clicking a short link. Users click a short link, and if they have your m

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Can I Use My Website Domain for Shortening Links?

Shortening links is based on domains. You can't start creating vanity URLs in case of using a domain wrongly. Moreover, if you don't follow the rules, you may face lots of troubles. Learn some important rules for correct and successful using the service before customizing a domain on Short.cm: 1) Domains, registered on Short.cm, are intended only for URL shortening purposes and cannot be used for websites, blogs or to host other contents. 2) If you have a domain, intended for the live website

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What's New

Short.cm introduces some updates over the last two weeks. Learn the details about the new releases below. 1. Custom Cluster A custom cluster is an individual cluster in any region. Its nodes do not have public IP addresses, only private addresses, so your workloads run in an isolated environment. In case of a DDoS attack, which makes Short.cm downtime, all your private IP addresses will be at work. As the servers are closely located, it provides you with the fastest upload and download speed.

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How to Enable Deep Linking | Short.cm

Here's a detailed instruction on how to enable deep linking for iOS and/or Android on Short.cm. Deep Linking in iOS: Universal Links Apple introduced Universal Links in iOS 9. Universal Links are standard web links that point to both a web page and a piece of content inside an app. When user clicks a short link, iOS checks if the app is installed on a device. If so, the app is launched immediately without loading the web page. If not, the web URL is loaded in Safari. Set Up 1. Navigate to Sho

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Emoji Short Links Now on Short.cm

All people around the world are now using emoji in messages. It is a modern language, which is used to express emotions. Thanks to emoji, messages are full of energy. We can easily understand what the author feels by using emotional icons. You may like emoji or not, but now most world brands are using them to grab customers’ attention and increase the conversion. See the examples of world brands, which already included emoji to their campaigns. 1. Domino’s Pizza 2. McDonald’s 3. Disney

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Summary of the 2018 Year in Short.cm

Another year has passed, and we proud of what happened with Short.cm during this period. In short, 2018 was the year of hard work and development. So we decided to share a summary of the 2018 year. See the Short.cm achievements over the last 12 months. 1. Metrics of growth. Learn the primary Short.cm metrics reached in 2018. * Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR): +158% * The number of registrations: +117% * The number of users: +234% To sum up, monthly recurring revenue increased 2.5 times, th

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Tricky Feature: Set up Short.cm Mobile App via a Browser

If you think the article is about Short.cm app on the App Store or Google Play, discard this idea. We’ll show you a tricky function on how to install Short.cm mobile app using a browser. Short.cm has an iOS app, but it needs improvement. Besides, we are going to launch the app for Android in the near future. If you want to set up Short.cm app on your phone with the mobile browser, follow the instruction below. Here are the guides separately for iOS and Android devices. 1. iOS OS. * Open Safa

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Why is HTTPS Important for Short Links?

The main task of the website owner is to protect the site from the phishing as much as possible so as not to get a malware as well as endanger customers’ private data. HTTPS encrypts data and prevents it from being intercepted. How does it work? When you are redirected to the site, your browser receives a certificate from the server, which contains all the information about the site and its owner. The browser gets the public key, which it uses to encrypt all the data. If someone wants to recei

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301 Redirect: Optimize Links For Search Engines

URL Redirects are an inevitable part of the web-page optimization. That is useful if your page is permanently or temporarily offline. With redirects, the users aren’t confused with the non-existing web-page. 301 Permanent Redirect is what perfectly suits your needs. The correct optimization of the redirect influences SEO and save your website on the Google search results. Think of the redirection if talking about short links. The mechanism is based on redirecting users from a short link to the

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What's New

Short.cm introduces some updates over the last two weeks. Learn the details about the new releases below. 1. Deep links. Universal Mobile Links let you redirect users directly to your app after clicking a short link. This is available for both iOS and Android. Users click a short link, and if they have your mobile app installed, they are redirected to the app. If not, they are routed to the browser page. To set up the feature, go to "Deep Links" tab on your dashboard. [https://short.cm/] 2.

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Two-factor Authentication (2FA)

The idea of 2FA is to provide you with an additional way to verify that you are the owner of the account. Improving account security and complicating the hacking process for an attacker is necessary features if using services where you keep money and/or personal data. We implemented two-factor authentication to our service, so now you can be sure in your online safety. Short.cm supports 2FA via specialized authenticator apps called “Google Authenticator” or “Authy.” The app, pre-installed by y

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