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Google’s URL shortening service goo.gl is the fastest and most reliable service. goo.gl has 100% uptime, and it takes about 1/3 of a second to resolve and process the short URLs.

According to a report released by WatchMouse, the uptime monitoring service, Facebook’s fb.me is the slowest – which takes more than 2 seconds to redirect users to the original long URL. WatchMouse monitored 14 top URL shortening services for one month including bit.ly, twt.tl, youtu.be and tr.im.

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This report reveals the fact that youtu.be, Google’s URL shortening service for YouTube video pages, comes second and twt.tl is at third place.

goo.gl, youtu.be and twt.tl – the three fast services are not available for broader consumer use. Although, independent developers have managed to use goo.gl for squeezing any long URL.

          [ via TechCrunch ]                    

Also see: Bookmarklet To Create goo.gl Short URLs In Firefox, Opera, Chrome And Other Browsers

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