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In2s.us is a tool to shorten URL’s and keep track of hits, browser used, reference sites, operating system details, which will help in analyzing the hits for the link. It helps in marketing campaigns to understand the hits on Twitter for your tweets.
LinkBrk will show you the Long URL for any short URL. This is a good way to determine whether or not you want to visit the site posted on Twitter.
TwitArea allows users to easily insert and share local place information when tweeting. Think of it as “TwitPic for places”. TwitArea is a Firefox add-on.
Pie.im is a no-frills Short URL service. It provides a simple API service as well for developers to integrate Short-URL generation into their apps.
Twick’in allows you to cloak links and share them on Twitter. Tools such as this will be quite popular with affiliate marketing folks who promote products to earn commissions from it.
RT.nu is a Short URL creation service for Twitter. It provides basic stats for all the short URLs created as well.
Twi.gy is a Twitter URL shortener. Twigy provides basic stats like number of views and retweets for a given link.
Safe.mn addresses the two main criticisms to URL shorteners: security and transparency. All links are thoroughly verified for viruses, malware, phishing, malicious content, session stealing, cross-site scripting attacks, etc. Any suspicious link gets flagged, and users are warned about it.