Just a random thought: I'll bet TinyURL has seen a spike in usage since Twitter came along. I'm seeing a ton of tweets with TinyURLs embedded in them. If anyone reading knows anyone associated with TinyURL, feel free to comment on my idle speculation...
Update: well, I just went to the TinyURL site (to make a self-referential TinyURL for this post) and discovered they do 1.4 billion hits a month, so I'm guessing Twitter isn't yet moving the needle that much.
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Ryan, just read at Jon Udell's that twitter is automatically using tinyurl when you post a link in twitter, hence the popularity there. (http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/11/14/owning-your-namespace)
Ahh, very clever of them. I didn't realize Twitter did it automagically. Now I can stop generating my own TinyURLs before tweeting.
If you like Tinyurl also check out Traceurl: http://traceurl.com
TraceURL shortens any URL plus it tracks traffic to the page through the TraceURL shortened web site address, showing where the traffic originated. This can be a useful tool for anyone trying to track which promotional tactics are working the best. Count accesses and have the origin of the visitor displayed on a Google Map.
Its nemesis would be http://hugeurl.com.
http://www.hugeurl.com/?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