Conta.cc link shortener version

1.0

Last Updated Thursday, June 3, 2010

 

Constant Contact makes use of bit.ly, a URL-shortening service, for our link-shortening needs. We also use bit.ly’s hosted-domain service to turn any shortened URL linking to constantcontact.com into a branded custom domain, conta.cc . This works automatically for anyone submitting a constantcontact.com link to bit.ly, but we also wanted to provide the internal ability to make conta.cc-branded short links to other domains - for example, when @ConstantContact wants to post a shortened Twitter link to a customer’s web site!

The conta.cc link shortener app is a small web app Labs developed for the Constant Contact corporate LAN that turns any URL into a conta.cc-branded short link. Using it, we’re able to create branded links to anything - company blogs, support forums, FAQs, customer newsletters, and the like. The app also integrates a bookmarklet named “conta.cc current page” that, when dragged to the browser’s bookmarks toolbar, lets anyone on the corporate LAN create a short URL for the page currently open in his or her browser with a single click.