You must have seen. Web addresses as tinyurl.com/123, who, when they participate in another Web page. Why her? Are there any risks of using them?

URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. This is the technical term for sending a Web address. Most Web sites are not much of a problem. But some names website can be very long, and page names. Strengthening the use of the database of Web sites means that the URL can be made very long, and most of them is a computer jargon. They do not give you just read, if an article in print, and often destroyed by word-packing, where e-mail or post.

Shorten a URL is a web service with a long address, which is difficult to give, and turns it into a short duration. You have articles in the print ads, emails, blogs and contributions of the Forum, where the risk that the address can be corrupted, or that someone may need to address manually in a browser.

But the risk exists in the URL may be short of men are afraid to use them. The short to disguise the true destination address. Thus, it is easy for someone else, who, after a message seeking innocent people click a link to a website, infected their computers with spyware or something equally undesirable.

URL reducing some have tried to address this problem. The best known service tinyurl.com has an option to preview page tells you that the destination address before using it. But you must know, type in “preview” before the address, or visit the website and place it as a permanent option. Those who do not know, this still vulnerable to fraud.

The safety of shorter URL does not admit that the creation of links to undesirable sites. It would also be an overview of the page, so that the user will see more and more, where the connection before using the. xaddr.com uses Internet blacklists, which avoid the use of hidden websites, advertising spam. Pre-page provides a link to McAfee SiteAdvisor, which can be used to ensure the safety of the destination.

The next time you need to write a long Web address, you can use a short URL. But for the trust, the lack of damage caused by the link, select a security.