After Facebook and Google launching respective URL shortnening services, Youtube has also jumped for the same. youtu.be is the URL slug to be used for shortened Youtube video URLs. Just like Google’s URL shortener goo.gl is specially for Google services, Youtube’s URL youtu.be is specially for sharing Youtube video links on social media. Procedure to generate such shortened youtu.be links isn’t easy.
Make shortened Youtube links with youtu.be
You need to grab Youtube video ID from original video URL and add it after youtu.be slug. For example:
– Actual Youtube URL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGyIucmTcFw
– Shortened Youtube URL
youtu.be/qGyIucmTcFw
Little messy, still useful enough for web sharing of Youtube video links in smaller URL format – interested?
And you save a whopping 8 characters ( watch?v= ), OMFG! :O
Since you don’t need the www. for youtube either.
you forgot to put a http:// before youtu.be/qwerty
if you dont, twitter won’t recognize the shortened link as a link
“Procedure to generate such shortened youtu.be links isn’t easy.”
Yea, you have to do a WHOLE cut AND paste action. OMG what will I do?
It is easier than I expected, I was thinking there there would be any tool for doing URL shortening. Thanks for the guide.