We now have our own Branded Short Domain, shortyw.in, thanks to Bitly Brand Tools! The domain allows us to save precious characters in social media posts, brand all our shared enteries, understand the way our links are shared and avoid URLs that look like this:

www.shortyawards.com/dkjalkjdf/349832984/blahblah

You’ll notice that on each entry page, there is a unique shortyw.in Bitlink that can be shared easily across the web.

Data is available for each Bitlink by typing the unique domain name in the address bar and adding a “+” to the end of if. For example, http://shortyw.in/enter+ displays data on how many times this Bitlink was shared & clicked, on what platforms, and where geographically it was most popular.

Learn more about how brands unleash the power of the link with Bitly Brand Tools below and how to enter the Shorty Awards here: http://shortyw.in/enter (see how easy that was?)

Since 2008, Bitly has been committed to unleashing the power of the link. Based in New York City, Bitly shortens nearly half a billion links per month as an integral part of social, SMS, email efforts (and more) from brands, marketers, publishers, government organizations, non-profits and individual users. Processing more than eight billion clicks on those links per month, Bitly continues to work to unveil new products while generating one of the most valuable proprietary datasets in the world today.