First let’s explain what a link shortener is and why you might need this.

Sometimes you would like to email a link to an article or web site to somebody but then the link is so long that it gets cut off in the email, or it just looks confusing. You can then use a link shortener web site to make the long link shorter. These web sites are very easy to use. Most of them has a field where you can enter the long URL, hit the “shorten” button and it will spit out a shortened version of your long URL.

Here are some uses for this great free service:

1. You can shorten a link:

Look at the link below as an example:

http://www.pietpetoors.com/blog/where-to-start-making-money-on-the-internet/

You can shorten that same URL for free to look like this:

http://simurl.com/jocpal

You can click above links and see that both go to the same page.

2. You can also use it to hide an affiliate link:

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