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Bitly

Link management platform

Also known as Bitly, Inc. · bit.ly · bitly.com

Founded: 2008
Headquarters: New York City
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Country: United States
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Website: bitly.com

Overview

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Bitly is a URL shortening service and a link management platform. The company Bitly, Inc. was established in 2008. It is privately held and based in New York City. Bitly shortens 600 million links per month, for use in social networking, SMS, and email. Bitly makes money by charging for access to aggregate data created as a result of many people using the shortened URLs.

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Language: English
Has use: URL shortening
Motto text: ♥ your bitmarks
Social media followers: 68,433(February 3, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 15234886
67,919(January 27, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 15234886
68,357(January 5, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 15234886
68,727(April 14, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 15234886
Has characteristic: case sensitivity
Collection: Social Sciences and Humanities Open Marketplace
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