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Re:The Irksome Cellphone Industry by erikwiffin on Thursday July 23, 2009 @09:29PM (#720740)
we do that at my newspaper because it's an easy way to track outbound links. sure we could set up our own outbound redirection thingy, but bit.ly is les cool and we have other things to work on.
Re:The Irksome Cellphone Industry by seldo on Saturday July 25, 2009 @12:26PM (#723401)
You could also use awe.sm to set up a redirector on a domain of your choice, which is pretty cheap and looks more professional than a generic shortener (disclosure: I know the founder).