Happy Friday Everyone!
Have you ever wanted to share a website or link to
a YouTube video with a friend or colleague, only to find that the web address
is so long and full of numbers and letters that it is almost impossible to get
it correct? This is where URL (uniform
resource locator) shorteners come in handy.
Websites such as bitly.com, goo.gl,
and tinyurl.com/ take website addresses and
shorten them for easy sharing. Simply
find the webpage you would like to share and highlight the web address in the address
bar. Next right click and select
copy. Then type in the address of a web
shortener such as the ones above. When
the web page opens up, there will be a bar in which to enter your web
address. Simply click on the bar and right
click, then select paste. When you click
on the ‘shorten’ button, you will be given a new, much simpler, web address to
share with your colleague.
If you are feeling a bit more ‘techie’ you can use
the following shortcuts to select, copy and paste the web address. Here are the same instructions using the
shortcuts…
Click on the address bar, and type ‘Control and A’
to select all of the web address. Next, type in ‘Control and C’ to copy the
highlighted text. Finally, open the new
website and in the address bar click and then press ‘Control and V’ to paste
the address. When you click the shorten button
you will be given the new web address.
I hope that this is helpful for you. If you have an idea for a future blog topic please feel free to pass
it along to me, also Past Tech Tidbits posts can be
found on the blog at
Cheers,
Stace
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