Tuesday
08Sep2009
Personal Short URLs: DHP [dot] ME
This weekend I implemented my own, self-hosted URL shortner powered by Yours and run on Media Temple.
I firmly believe the 'short URL' (popularized by TinyURL and Bit.ly for use on Twitter) to be a bridge technology that facilitates some convenience and data-mining between iterations of user behavior standards and URL sharing protocols. However, I do like this convenience and data aggregation.
I'm hosting my shortlinks / short URLs on the dhp.me domain. You probably arrive at this post via a dynamically generated short URL. Below are a few static URLs:
If you have any questions or comments you can, of course, use the http://dhp.me/contact URL to send an email.
Thanks.
- Dan
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Hosting, Media Temple, Short URL, URL, dhp.me, short link, shortlinks, yourls
Hosting, Media Temple, Short URL, URL, dhp.me, short link, shortlinks, yourls 
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Reader Comments (2)
I have done the same.. and have been quite happy with Yourls. My only /gripe/ is when ordering my list by most clicked.. it only does it for each page.. not overall...
btw.. you should have the default of dhp.me redirect to somewhere by default..
Thanks - yeah, Yourls is a bit buggy - but it seems to be the best of what I've investigated thus far. I'm really in to other options however. And, despite my previous problems with hosts, Media Temple's grid hosting seems very solid.
And yes, you're right - I just haven't got around to redirecting dhp.me but will soon.