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Here are four easy way to create your own service like TinyURL and bitly.

GoCodes

GoCodes is a WordPress plugin which shorts the long URLs. If you own a WordPress blog, you can install it from here. Now, you can create short URLs like yourdomain.com/go/xyz. You can alter the key ‘go’ and can decide the short code ‘xyz’.

It is the simplest tool to create your own service for URL shortening. It would be best for hiding affiliates links etc. with this way. You can change the target URLs anytime and can see the hit stats.

Shorty

Shorty is a PHP based script. Hence, you need to install it like WordPress. I am using it at my domain ArpitNext.com.

Though, the installation process may seem little geeky but, actually it is very simple:

1. Start with downloading the Shorty ZIP file.
2. Unzip it and upload all the files to server.
3. Now, follow the installation process :
   • Open the configuration.php file and change the database settings. Alter your MySQL database, username and password etc.
   • Run the _install.php from the browser.
   • Set your login details.
4. If you are installing shorty in a directory of your domain mydomain.com/short/) you don’t need to change any thing, but if you are installing it in the domain root, change the forward.php and .htaccess files as per described here.
5. If you are OK with simple HTML, you can customize the pages and other settings.

Though, Shorty installation process is little difficult for non-techies, it is a better option! You can change the target URLs anytime and can see the hit stats from the admin panel.

Visit this link http://arpitnext.com/google ,which will redirect you to Google.

Google Short Links

It is another cool way to setup your own URL shortening service. Digital Inspiration describes the entire process. Read it here.

awe.sm

awe.sm offers URL shortening service on your own domain. But, it is not FREE and you need to spend around hundred dollars for it.

Moreover, there are many more PHP scripts for this purpose.

Also Read : 10 Free Scripts to Create Your Own Url Shortening Service (Thanks Keshav )

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