BEST URL SHORTENERS

TAKE OVERSIZED URLs
and shorten them

3.ly
url shortening, stats tracking, preview function (add a dash "-" to the end of url)
realtime hit counter, bookmarklets, customizable url name
AND- they're now a url shortener with an open API

owly url shortener
ow.ly url shortener - developer api available soon

tinyurl.com
previewable url shortening, toolbar button

is.gd url shortener
preview url by adding a dash at the end of url: "-"

flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html notepad2, for when text editor notepad1 just won't do

shuurl url shortener
url shortening, with automatic preview (no need to add a hyphen)
lists the most popular & latest urls shortened

odd url shorteners
shortening big urls, oddly

http://url.ie/
url.ie url shortener
not quite as elegant as the rest, but DOES has a preview function (by adding "/p" to url's end)

http://simpl.es/
simpl.es url shortener
no url shortening preview or other features, got a VERY cool interface

http://doiop.com/
doiop.com url shortener
allows for customizeable url, no preview

http://kl.am/ url shortening
stats, referers, most popular shortened url stats

http://u.nu/
u.unu url shortener- reportedly with an API feature i have yet to try out
recent urls shortened, most popular, bookmarklet

LINKS

the blackdot
not weird, but not exactly normal either

best nerd tools
best nerd tools

best rock guitarists
best rock guitarists

add my website
shorten the url, then add your site

best url shorteners
best url shorteners

best blogs
the best blogs
not weird blogs - well, SOME of 'em are weird