About two years ago I wrote with concern about Bit.ly’s use of Libya’s country code. I noted that It’s always important to keep in mind that a company can’t “own” a domain the way it owns real estate. Now it appears that companies that …
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Country code registrars around the world must have been smiling when Bit.ly announced its new enterprise service Bit.ly Pro. For $995 per month a company can leverage Bit.ly’s platform to support its own custom URL. (UPDATE: You can get Bit.ly …
So Bit.ly has launched an even shorter URL: J.mp. You can’t get any shorter than this, at least not until we see single-digital TLDs. I can’t help but wonder if this new URL is a sign that Bit.ly is planning …
Bit.ly, the URL shortener now used by Twitter, is not the first company to craft its name out of a county code top-level domain (ccTLD). But Bit.ly does appear to be the first company to do so with the Libyan …
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