shrt

Stupid Simple URL Redirection

Why?

• You want a URL shortner and redirector. That is http://go.mydomain.com/magic should go http://www.myreallylongcomapnyname/geography/language/product/campaigncode/blah
• You are not looking to build a SEO business based on URL shortening services.
• You don't want to use all the multi-million dollar URL shortners.
• You don't want to contribute to link rot by using someone else's short lived "SEO startup"
• You are comfortable using a text editor.
• You understand that a URL shortening "service" is not.
• You know how to edit a file, configure a web server.
• You don't want to "maintain" this service anymore than getting a root canal.
• Less is more.

How

• put index.php and links.txt in the docroot of the domain.
• add rewrite rule (see nginx.conf for nginx example) to handle requests
• add new shortcuts to links.txt in shortcut[TAB]url format.

Who

Pradeep Gowda

Source

• github/btbytes/shrt