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bit.ly

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bit.ly is a URL shortener, a web service which shrinks long URLs. Unlike early URL shorteners, bit.ly offers statistical tools to track the popularity of the shortened links. In May 2009, Twitter replaced TinyURL with bit.ly as its default link shortening tool; this move drastically increased bit.ly’s popularity.

Milestones

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• 
  bit.ly received $2M in Series A funding. (3/30/09)
  Posted 3/30/09 at 1:54pm
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  bit.ly added Todd Levy as Product Lead.
  Posted 6/29/09 at 2:24pm
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  bit.ly added Nathan Folkman as System Architect.
  Posted 6/29/09 at 2:24pm
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  bit.ly added Peter Hershberg as Investor.
  Posted 7/27/09 at 8:20am
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  bit.ly added Andrew Cohen as General Manager.
  Posted 6/29/09 at 2:23pm
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  bit.ly added Chris Sacca as Advisor/Investor.
  Posted 5/19/09 at 11:58pm
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  bit.ly added Joshua Stylman as Investor.
  Posted 5/18/09 at 1:14pm
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  bit.ly added Frank Mashraqi as Advisor.
  Posted 9/16/09 at 7:30pm

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Traffic Analytics

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Sources

1. TinyURL Rival Bit.ly Raises $2 Million (businessinsider.com) [edit]