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Quote from: HostFat on May 02, 2012, 01:02:40 AM

I think that people don't like to "move the mouse and make additional clicks", this is the main reason for the timer.
They clicked a link to go somewhere, but they they will see another website where they aren't "probably" not interested.
The timer is a good thing to not force them to do addition clicks..

Enabled auto redirect after 10 seconds.

P.S. Just registered a short alias domain for the service. Soon I will make an announce.

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to make it abit shorter why dount u use cURL as coinurl? just a suggestion

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I think that people don't like to "move the mouse and make additional clicks", this is the main reason for the timer.
They clicked a link to go somewhere, but they they will see another website where they aren't "probably" not interested.
The timer is a good thing to not force them to do addition clicks..

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Quote from: HostFat on May 01, 2012, 05:11:14 PM

They will be able to skip instantly if the want.

I don't understand, why the timer is need if it can be stopped and ad skipped? I see no difference with current "Skip ad" button I have already in the top frame.

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If you will add a timer, you should also add a "stop timer" button, so that the user is able to give a more deeper look to the advertised website. ( 10/15 seconds will be better than 5 if you like the idea of the "stop timer button" )

There is no automatic redirect to the target URL. If a user is interested in viewing advertiser's page he can click link "Visit " instead of "Skip ad".

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Quote from: giantdragon on May 01, 2012, 05:02:14 PM

It is bad idea! Many users are annoyed that they are forced to wait and associate adf.ly with a spam in their mind.

Ok, but do you think that it will be a bad idea to "add" a timer so that there will be both timer and button? They will be able to skip instantly if the want.
If you will add a timer, you should also add a "stop timer" button, so that the user is able to give a more deeper look to the advertised website. ( 10/15 seconds will be better than 5 if you like the idea of the "stop timer button" )

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Quote from: HostFat on May 01, 2012, 04:46:13 PM

Will you also add a little timer like adf.ly has ? ( ex: 5 seconds )

It is bad idea! Many users are annoyed that they are forced to wait and associate adf.ly with a spam in their mind.

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There are other service like this one, example: adf.ly
They are common used around the web Wink

Anyway, as Blazr suggested it just need some little changes.

@giantdragon
Will you also add a little timer like adf.ly has ? ( ex: 5 seconds )

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Oh >.<
Not very user-friendly... I was expecting something like a bar at the top with the ad, not a full page ad. How on earth would a noob user (like me for example Cheesy

) know what to do, instead of just closing the page altogether.

P.S. Thanks Blazr for the tip.

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Quote from: Serenata on May 01, 2012, 04:22:36 PM

I tried to shorten a couple of URLs and when I used the short URL to open the site, I was sent to dailybitcoins.... Is there a problem or do I have to register/login to test the short links?

you need to press Skip Ad in the top right corner.

You should make the Skip Ad button bigger as well

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I tried to shorten a couple of URLs and when I used the short URL to open the site, I was sent to dailybitcoins.... Is there a problem or do I have to register/login to test the short links?

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Quote from: giantdragon on May 01, 2012, 03:12:11 PM

Quote from: Blazr on May 01, 2012, 01:55:08 PM

You could also get a 3 or 4 letter .in domain (instead of .cc or .ly) for under $10, less restrictions to register them too.

Suggest me good registrar who offer so low prices. And preferable with Bitcoin payments.

You can try this: http://www.namecheap.com/contest/3-million-offer.aspx

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Quote from: Blazr on May 01, 2012, 01:55:08 PM

You could also get a 3 or 4 letter .in domain (instead of .cc or .ly) for under $10, less restrictions to register them too.

Suggest me good registrar who offer so low prices. And preferable with Bitcoin payments.

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Another feature request is API.
So twitter/forum plug-ins/mods will be able to make shorter address automatically

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Quote from: giantdragon on May 01, 2012, 01:49:57 PM

Quote from: HostFat on May 01, 2012, 01:44:22 PM

Anyway, as Blazr said, you should find a shorter domain

I am considering registering a domain in zone like .cc or .ly in the future.
BTW, is 10 chars domain really so long?

I guess one of the major use cases for these link shorteners is to share links on Twitter. So when you are restricted to 140 characters ever one counts.

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Quote from: giantdragon on May 01, 2012, 01:49:57 PM

BTW, is 10 chars domain really so long?

10 chars is pretty big for a URL shortening service (the idea is to shorten the url as much as possible). You could also get a 3 or 4 letter .in domain (instead of .cc or .ly) for under $10, less restrictions to register them too.

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Quote from: HostFat on May 01, 2012, 01:44:22 PM

Anyway, as Blazr said, you should find a shorter domain

I am considering registering a domain in zone like .cc or .ly in the future.
BTW, is 10 chars domain really so long?

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You did it! Grin

This is a great service!

Anyway, as Blazr said, you should find a shorter domain

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Also, its a nice website but maybe you should use a different domain name, something shorter, also the coin part makes it obvious the person sharing the link is earning money from it and makes it seem a bit spammy (that's just my opinion though).

Adf.ly does not uses any words about money making in it's username, but almost all users knows what it is! By the way, I don't force users to wait before following the links, therefore I think there will be no negative reaction as it is with adfly.

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That's a public profile. Personaly, I don't like other people can see my stats.

I agree with you. Also unified accounts create less load on the server.

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Quote from: ingrownpocket on May 01, 2012, 12:39:21 PM

I don't think so.
People want to see statistics of their links, payments, withdrawals, etc...

You can still show them that information without using a login, like Eligius does:

http://eligius.st/~artefact2/7/1AkqxLJn8H6Cg5VAaYijzj7hQUSeM2LJ3r

Also, its a nice website but maybe you should use a different domain name, something shorter, also the coin part makes it obvious the person sharing the link is earning money from it and makes it seem a bit spammy (that's just my opinion though).

That's a public profile. Personaly, I don't like other people can see my stats.

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