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Re: BORN AGAIN: Tr.im Comes Back From the Dead

Walldo — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:28:19 -0000

TR.IM is my goto URL service but this has left me shaken. I don't like being jerked around.

Re: BORN AGAIN: Tr.im Comes Back From the Dead

gearinches — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:23:39 -0000

I use tr.im pretty much exclusively, so I'm really happy they're staying around, at least for the time being.

Re: BORN AGAIN: Tr.im Comes Back From the Dead

Lucas Tadeu Teixeira — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:18:12 -0000

Yay , tr.im is back. I started using bit.ly yesterday, but I go back to tr.im now (:

Re: BORN AGAIN: Tr.im Comes Back From the Dead

jyothiprakash — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:03:15 -0000

This may have been a PR stunt, but not sure if this did them any good though. "Indefinite" is a very dicey word, and it can mean that they'll announce a shut down tomorrow, a week, month, year or decade from now. This probably has given them a lot of publicity and exposure (At least staunch bit.ly users who wouldnt have heard of tr.im, would now know about its existence), but does it mean, they'll start using tr.im. Not unless there is something more compelling about tr.im than bit.ly or the others. Which IMO is not the case.

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Re: BORN AGAIN: Tr.im Comes Back From the Dead

Iva — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:21:33 -0000

YAY!!!

Re: BORN AGAIN: Tr.im Comes Back From the Dead

MC Cendana — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:59:01 -0000

Wait for me! I'm going with you. The trust in Tr.im is gone. Bye Bye!

Re: BORN AGAIN: Tr.im Comes Back From the Dead

MC Cendana — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:49:36 -0000

I like tr.im's speed and uncluttered interface. However, after the shock of losing it and having made my move to Bit.ly, I won't be going back. The trust in it has gone.

Re: BORN AGAIN: Tr.im Comes Back From the Dead

Priyanka Dalal — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:18:58 -0000

I shifted to bit.ly yesterday... dont think will be shifting back to tr.im now.

Re: BORN AGAIN: Tr.im Comes Back From the Dead

ricardojrsousa — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:05:21 -0000

Totally agree!

Re: BORN AGAIN: Tr.im Comes Back From the Dead

emma — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:38:41 -0000

they didn't make a rukus, you made a rukus, you got played and played hard. get some sleep, grow some skill and shush!

Re: BORN AGAIN: Tr.im Comes Back From the Dead

Timo Reitnauer — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:28:49 -0000

You're right it's about owning the namespace. Data portability is still an issue but awe.sm seems to offer an export feature. But at least you can redirect the domain to a website or landing page if one of the hosted URL shorteners goes out of business. It's less likely though because in contrary to free service they've got a business model by charging for the custom domain option.

We've also published a list of 10 URL shortening options for your own domain:

http://iwantmyname.com/blog...

Re: BORN AGAIN: Tr.im Comes Back From the Dead

Σχολή Χορού — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:17:00 -0000

It was a very sudden death so i am happy its back and hope it stays that way...

Re: BORN AGAIN: Tr.im Comes Back From the Dead

MikeonTV — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:09:10 -0000

I think Twitter should allow other URL shortening services in. I dont think Tr.im should be one of them though.

Re: BORN AGAIN: Tr.im Comes Back From the Dead

Gaby — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:36:20 -0000

If it was a PR stunt, it was a stupid one. How can people trust it now?

Re: BORN AGAIN: Tr.im Comes Back From the Dead

GodMode — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:35:03 -0000

Oh yes, btw, if this is a PR stunt by tr.im, then this is a really cheap one. if ever it is proved, then i'm outta tr.im.

Re: BORN AGAIN: Tr.im Comes Back From the Dead

GodMode — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:29:53 -0000

Nice to have tr.im back. This is one of the best URL shortener around.

Re: BORN AGAIN: Tr.im Comes Back From the Dead

blckbrry — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:18:48 -0000

I switched to bit.ly and will never ever go back to tr.im.

Re: BORN AGAIN: Tr.im Comes Back From the Dead

Brian O'Flanagan — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:13:15 -0000

love it! brilliant publicity stunt - site now overwhelmed by traffic. By the way, fergusventures.com is considering shutting down. Please beg us to reconsider.

Re: BORN AGAIN: Tr.im Comes Back From the Dead

Laura McLellan — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:09:11 -0000

So why should I trust that tr.im will be around tomorrow? I was using tr.im until now, but won't make that mistake in the future.

Re: BORN AGAIN: Tr.im Comes Back From the Dead

Matthew — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:01:14 -0000

NO it's not fucking suspicious! Don't be so stupid! They closed for valid reasons, and reopened for valid reasons! Stupid idiot....
ANyway, good that it's back!

Re: BORN AGAIN: Tr.im Comes Back From the Dead

Josh — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:59:24 -0000

This makes me happy :)

Re: BORN AGAIN: Tr.im Comes Back From the Dead

Gus — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:58:18 -0000

I use tr.im most of the time, so this is good news.