April292009
Giant URL »
The evil (and way better) twin of TinyURL. For example, http://thepoptimist.com becomes a URL of 794 characters. That’s right…. 794 characters. Why? Well, I think a far better question would be, why not?
Terms of Use from the Giant URL site: “GiantURL was created as a free service to make posting short URLs harder. Using it for spamming purposes is encouraged and any such use will result in the GiantURL being disabled and you will be reported to all ISPs involved and to the proper governmental agencies. This service is provided without warranty of any kind.” (Via)