%0 Journal Article %1 choi2018bitly %A Choi, Daejin %A Han, Jinyoung %A Chun, Selin %A Rappos, Efstratios %A Robert, Stephan %A Kwon, Ted Taekyoung %D 2018 %I Elsevier BV %J Telematics and Informatics %K %N 5 %P 1310--1323 %R 10.1016/j.tele.2018.03.003 %T Bit.ly/practice: Uncovering content publishing and sharing through URL shortening services %U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2018.03.003 %V 35 %X It becomes the norm for people to share online content such as images, videos, and news over various channels including online social networks, news media, or online communities. One of the popular ways to publish and share online content is using a URL shortening service, which provides a short equivalent URL that is redirected to an original URL of content. This paper comprehensively analyze the practice of using short URLs from their creations to publishing to sharing, using a large scale dataset that contains 4.2 B requests for 80 M URLs created through Bit.ly, one of the most popular URL shortening services. We find that content URLs are mo-sunknown.

@article{choi2018bitly, abstract = {It becomes the norm for people to share online content such as images, videos, and news over various channels including online social networks, news media, or online communities. One of the popular ways to publish and share online content is using a URL shortening service, which provides a short equivalent URL that is redirected to an original URL of content. This paper comprehensively analyze the practice of using short URLs from their creations to publishing to sharing, using a large scale dataset that contains 4.2 B requests for 80 M URLs created through Bit.ly, one of the most popular URL shortening services. We find that content URLs are mo-sunknown.}, added-at = {2023-12-14T16:20:59.000+0100}, author = {Choi, Daejin and Han, Jinyoung and Chun, Selin and Rappos, Efstratios and Robert, Stephan and Kwon, Ted Taekyoung}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c5c217224f3dd6d535f40521b1488f3f/admin}, doi = {10.1016/j.tele.2018.03.003}, interhash = {f6af86003c236cfcbd909671632e7e04}, intrahash = {c5c217224f3dd6d535f40521b1488f3f}, journal = {Telematics and Informatics}, keywords = {}, month = aug, number = 5, pages = {1310--1323}, publisher = {Elsevier BV}, timestamp = {2023-12-14T16:20:59.000+0100}, title = {Bit.ly/practice: Uncovering content publishing and sharing through URL shortening services}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2018.03.003}, volume = 35, year = 2018 }