Tag: redirect
Blog
- Expanding Event Streams
A while ago we’ve presented the Event stream, a unique feature that allows you to fulfil your curiosity and observe how your short links get clicked, in real time. Today, we’re expanding…
- Canned targeting rules
According to our polls, most people are interested in very straightforward targeting rules, such as: Redirect iPhone users to Apple App Store; Redirect Android users to Google Play Market; Redirect…
- Eventful links
Sometimes you just can’t help being curious. Why are oranges round? Why is the universe expanding? Why didn’t you invest all the money you had in AAPL 30 years ago? And what is that red…
- Rules revisited
Our smart link rule editor introduced a while ago, though powerful, may seem unwieldy and overwhelming at first because of all possible criteria displayed at once. From now on, this will no longer be…
- Bookmarklets: short link in a click
We proudly announce our first browser integration: the so-called bookmarklets. A bookmarklet is a specially prepared bookmark for your browser that, when clicked, submits the page you’re…
- URL Explorer
A brand new tool has landed in once.to: the URL Explorer, a unique combination of power and simplicity that allows anyone to unveil what’s hidden behind the scenes of browsing! Even better, the…
- Redirect unwrapping & Abuse reports
August is here, and we’re back with a couple of improvements to safeguard once.to’s users against scammers. This comes as a follow-up to our previous post, which highlighted the issue of…
- Use Them Man! UTM parameters and their friends
UTM parameters are ubiquitous on today’s Internet. You must have seen those awkward-looking tokens like utm_source and utm_medium in URLs you came across. They are so popular that they’ve…
- Maintaining the HTTP status quo
Short links have just got better! If you’ve been in the short-link business a while, you must have heard of things like permanent and temporary redirect. Those who are good with numbers can also…
- Smart links and link rules
URL shortening will never be the same. Today we at once.to announce a massive feature that has just been rolled out: smart links! This new feature opens limitless possibilities of tailoring the…
- Password-protected links
Another feature landed in the once.to web application: short link passwords. By assigning a password to a link you can now limit the audience that can use it.
- Expanding Event Streams
Knowledge Base
- HTTP status codes
What are HTTP status codes, what they mean, and how to change the code used for redirects
- Password-protected link
How to create a link with a password and what is it useful for
- QR codes
When you shorten a URL, you get a QR code for its short version, for free
- Smart link and link rules
All about making smart links, link rules, and the rule editor
- URL Explorer
What is URL Explorer, what is it for, and how to use it
- UTM parameters and UTM Builder
Do you know what “UTM” stands for?
- HTTP status codes