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ramki on Aug 16, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: When is a URL shortener not a URL shortener?

Cannot believe that developer forgot to include this at the end of shortening process:

if(strShortenedURL.Length > strURL.Length) { //Handle this case //donot use shortened version, use original URL }

oliciv on Aug 16, 2011 [–]

It's not in their interest to do so, as it would leave already short links without them being able to track them

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