This document discusses two options for shortening long URLs when tweeting on Twitter. The first option is to copy the long URL and paste it into the bit.ly website to generate a shortened URL. The second option is to drag the "Shorten with bit.ly" bookmarklet into your browser bookmarks, which allows you to generate shortened URLs directly from any webpage. Both options produce shortened URLs from bit.ly that fit within Twitter's 140 character limit.

1. Shortening long URLs for Twitter
So you want to tweet out a link using Twitter and you realize that the URL is too long to fit. What do
you do? You shorten it!
You're tweeting out a link, and you realize the URL is too long, because you only have
140 characters
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2. Option 1: copy your URL, and then go to bit.ly to shorten it
Copy the URL that is too long, and then go to http://bit.ly/ From here you can enter in the address that
is too long, and then you can click quot;shortenquot;
Copy the new short URL, or just post directly to twitter from here by signing up for bit.ly
The new short URL quot;http://bit.ly/3IRGTquot; will appear, and you can just copy and paste that into your
tweet. In the future, if you like posting from here, you can just click quot;sign upquot; and once you register for
a bit.ly account, you can post to twitter directly from here.
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3. Option 2: If you're going to be doing this a lot, grab the bookmarklet
Go to bit.ly (http://bit.ly/ ) and drag the quot;Shorten with bit.lyquot; link to your browser's bookmarks
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4. Once you have the bookmarklet in your bookmarks, you can just visit a page with a long
URL and click the bookmarklet to get the short URL
Visit the page with the long URL, and you can click the quot;bit.lyquot; bookmark to get a pop-up right there on
the screen with the short URL!
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