Services like TinyURL are dime a dozen out there and they offer to shorten long URL’s in order to help you post them easily on any place from forums to blogs and even on paper. It is a fact that long URL’s are annoying to read and remember. They also break blog and website templates causing the URL alone to stick out like a sore thumb ruining the look of your blog.

But for those who really want to annoy their friends there are a few services that create longer or harder-to-remember URLs from simpler URLs and you can use these to have some fun of your own. As they say Bigger is Better and Size does Matter after all

Longer URL

This service offers you the option to choose the length of the final URL. The minimum length is 100 and the maximum length is 1000. Configurable I guess!

Link: Longer URL

Huge URL @ Wiggy

This service does not simply lengthen the URL but gives you options to apply different styles and then create a new URL from your old fashioned one. The styles include MD5, Base 64, UUID, Swedish Chef etc.

Link: HugeURL @ Wiggy

HugeURL

This site has no options for you. It’s simple and straightforward. Just put in your URL and presto, you get a really long one instantly! I got a 1565 character URL approx.

Link: HugeURL

LongerURL @ DMWH

Another run-of-the-mill service. You get a 650 character output approx.

Link: LongerURL

WideURL

This service lengthens the URLs to a not-too-annoying but yet noticeable amount, say around 100 characters. Also, the unique feature of this service is that it uses hyphens in the resulting URL that makes it eye catching and this makes it hard to miss such an URL when you post it.

http://wideurl.com/aitch-tee-tee-pea-colon-double-slash-
wubbleyou-ess-eye-tee-ee-gee-you-eye-dee-ee-dot-you-ess

That was how Siteguide looked like. It is pretty much like spelling out the word Siteguide..

Link: WideURL

Those were the services I was able to find.. If you have any other suggestions, let me know! Do consider sharing if you find it interesting!

Thanks to Pchere from QOT for the inspiration!

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