Top three free services to make your web page address short

It is not uncommon to see a website address  like goo.gl/4Ldko.  It seems everyone is obsessed with a URL shortener. But why should a URL shortener should be used?

If you don't know what a URL shortener is, just have a look at this post.

Take a look at this free tools:

1. Bit.ly

Bit.ly is rumored to start the URL shortening business.  What is good about bit.ly is that it is free to use and is very customizable.

Bit.ly is the favorite among Twitter users and is highly reliable. You can even customize the URLs like
http://bit.ly/Blogger_blogs_in_mobile. Notice the Blogger_blogs_in_mobile. 


You can actually customize the text after bit.ly.

2. Hootsuite

Hootsuite is available both as paid and free editions.

HootSuite is a website and online brand management service, which publishes to websites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare, MySpace.


3. Goo.gl

If you want things to be very simple, try this free service from Google. You can manage your links easily if you have a Google account.