Dave2 Wickham's Journal: hugeurl.com

First there was tinyurl.com, for those places you can't put long links. Now there's hugeurl.com for the hell of it! Apparently you shouldn't post these links anywhere yet (the algo is going to change), but who cares?

www.x.org - for those who don't want to view source, here it is, with linebreaks inserted:

http://hugeurl.com/?YmZjZDdjY2Q1MDk4YWM5NDRiYmI2ZWZjZmNhNTBlNjAmMTMmVm0w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I'm sure this service will be very useful.

Moo

[Chacham]

That is strangely funny. :)

URLs for BOFHs

[MonTemplar]

Hehehe!!

-MT.

Wow

[Tomble]

That's a, er, handy service to have...

One question though (only one?) - I see that anybody can put in their normal URL and get the HUGEurl URL out, and to use the HUGEurl url you use their servers (duh). So, people aren't paying them money to get "their own" HUGEurl, and they aren't paying them money to use the thing, and I see no adverts (maybe they're just not working on my browser).

If not already obvious, the question is: how do they keep going, or do they exist purely as a very short term one-joke jok

Re:Wow

[Jellybob]

My guess is that it's hosted on a server with some site that actually keeps itself running.

Or maybe they don't feel the need to make money from it - certainly I run a couple of sites for organisations that don't expect to do anything but lose money on them.

Re:Wow

[Dave2 Wickham]

Hmm. I'm sure I posted a reply to the previous post. Ah well...

After some `host`ing (people without host but with browsers which support application/xml+xhtml can use this [allaboutgames.co.uk]) it turns out it's hosted on a DSL line. So not too expensive right at the moment.