GoDaddy’s X.co URL Shortener Launches

Monday, September 6th, 2010

X.co officially launches.

A couple months ago I wrote about how GoDaddy had snagged x.co with plans to use it as a URL shortener. Late last week I noticed that @Godaddy was using x.co in its tweets; and now the service is officially open to all.

x.co has a lot of the features you’ll find in most URL shorteners, such as robust analytics. You can easily create an x.co link by pasting a longer URL in at x.co.

GoDaddy has been pushing .co domains and x.co will help give it visibility. At the bottom of the x.co page is a search box to get your own .co domain.

Speaking of which, rather than use x.co for link shortening you should think about creating your own. .Co is a great domain to register for a link shortener because there are still plenty of short ones available. Right now I use dnw.com as a link shortener, but I also own dnw.co, which is even shorter.

Further Reading:

  1. GoDaddy to Launch x.co URL Shortener
  2. Get Your Own URL Shortener with YOURLS
  3. Libya Shuts Down .ly Link Shortener

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  1. Wallace
    September 6th, 2010 | 7:09 pm

    Another URL shortener service?! i think there is quite a lot, and bit.ly is the best anyway.

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