How to avoid the dreaded over 140 warnings

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Jean's Writing

Yes, we all get the red warning from time to time. 

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Within Tweetdeck or Twitter, I use bitly  to automatically shorten my links. But, there are several to choose from such as Ow.ly, or TinyURL.com, all you need to do is to search for one that will work for you.

Everyone knows how to shorten your own post within WordPress. Use the Get Shortlinkbutton!

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But how do you shorten a link that is not yours?

What do you do when you want to share a link plus add comments?

I use goo.gl URL Shortener which is an add-on to my toolbar. Here is a few of features for the Google shortener add-on.

► Features
  • Official goo.gl API support
  • Official goo.gl history/dashboard support with OAuth
  • Auto copy to clipboard
  • Keyboard shortcut
  • Context menu
  • QR Code
  • Highly customizable
  • Incognito mode
  • Share with your default mail client
  • Share with many

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