Should you use URL shorteners?

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URL shorteners have been around for quite some time. One of the first to rise in popularity was TinyURL.com. URL shorteners work as follows:

Say you have a nice long link like this:

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?t

ype=3&campid=5336224516&toolid=10001&customid=tiny-
hp&ext=unicycle&satitle=unicycle

Services such as TinyURL will turn that link into this:

http://tinyurl.com/unicycles

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