THE SENDURL RESOURCE LIBRARY
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- Link Tracking & QR Guides
SendURL Slug Rules: Length, Characters and Case
The rules for SendURL slugs: random five or six characters, or a custom slug of up to 256 letters, digits, hyphens and underscores, minus reserved words.
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Disable a Short Link Without Deleting It
Switch a SendURL link off and it shows a not-found page until you switch it back on. Its slug, QR code and click history are kept.
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Dub Alternative: Dub vs SendURL on Free Plans and Price
Dub is an open-source link platform built for attribution, conversions and partner programs; SendURL is a small shortener that records every click. Free plans, analytics, API and price, as listed on 15 October 2026.
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goo.gl Alternative: Which Links Still Work, What to Use Now
Google stopped making goo.gl links in 2019, and since 25 August 2025 the ones nobody used in late 2024 no longer redirect. The exact timeline, how to check your links, what to do with printed ones, and what to look for in a replacement.
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How to Measure Click-Through Rate on a Link (+ Benchmarks)
CTR is clicks divided by impressions. The hard part is the denominator: which number to use for email, social, ads, QR codes and chat, and which benchmarks hold up.
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How to Shorten a URL for Free: Web, Phone and API
Paste the URL, choose Shorten, copy the link. Step-by-step for the web, iPhone and Android, a custom slug, the command line, and links with UTM parameters.
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How URL Shorteners Work: 301 vs 302, 404 vs 410
A short link is a stored code plus an HTTP redirect. The whole path of a tap, with real responses from snu.to: the slug lookup, the cache, why it's a 302 and not a 301, when the click is written, and what 404 and 410 mean.
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Link Analytics vs Google Analytics: Why the Numbers Differ
A short link counts clicks at the redirect; Google Analytics counts sessions on your site. What each one sees, and why the two numbers rarely match.
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Expiring Links: Make a Short Link Stop at a Set Time
Set a date and time for a short link to stop redirecting, and learn how the per-link visit limit works, what visitors see, and how to extend an expiry.
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Password Protect a Link: How Protected Short Links Work
Add a password to a SendURL short link so visitors must type it before they're redirected. How it works, the rules, and what it doesn't protect.
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Where to Find a Link's QR Code and Download It as PNG or SVG
Every SendURL link has a QR code on its QR card in the console, with PNG and SVG downloads. Scans are counted apart from the link's other clicks.
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Rebrandly vs SendURL: Free Plans, Analytics, Price
Rebrandly is built for branded domains; SendURL for a quick start and per-click analytics. Free plans, prices and features compared, and when Rebrandly is the better pick.
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Free URL Shortener API: Keys, Endpoints, Pagination
How to create a SendURL API key, choose workspace or folder access, call the REST API for links and clicks, and page through results with cursors.
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Everything SendURL Does: A Tour of Every Feature
A map of every SendURL feature, from slugs and QR codes to expiry, passwords, folders and the REST API, with a full guide for each one.
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Are Short Links Safe? How to Check One Before Clicking
A short link is as safe as the page it hides. How to see where one goes before you open it, check a QR code, and send short links people trust.
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Shorten a Link Now, Keep It When You Sign Up
SendURL's home page makes a tracked short link with no sign-up, a live click counter and a QR code. Sign up later and the link moves into your account.
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Short.io vs SendURL: Which Free URL Shortener Fits You?
Short.io gives you custom domains, QR codes and an API on its free plan; SendURL gives you a no-sign-up start and per-click analytics, with a $9 Pro plan. A side-by-side, gaps included.
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TinyURL Alternative With Free Analytics: TinyURL vs SendURL
TinyURL makes permanent short links for free but keeps analytics for paid plans; SendURL includes per-click analytics on its free plan. Limits, features and price, compared.
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Use Click Country and Device Data to Target Campaigns
What a click's country and device can tell you, where they mislead, and how to turn them into targeting, timing and landing-page decisions.
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How to Shorten a UTM Link Without Losing Tracking
To shorten a UTM link, build the full tagged URL first and shorten that. The UTMs live in the destination, so they arrive intact. Tags added to the short link itself are not passed on.
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What SendURL Records for Every Click (and What It Doesn't)
Country, device, browser, OS, referrer and user agent: every field SendURL records for a click, where it comes from, and its limits.
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Folders and Workspaces: Organize Your Short Links
Every SendURL account has a workspace with a Default folder. How folders keep links apart, why the console shows one at a time, and how link limits count.
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A launch link register your team can actually maintain
Give every launch placement a named route, an owner and a destination outcome. This register keeps link decisions together without treating requests as orders.
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An email link preflight for the message that will actually arrive
Test the delivered email, including its tracking wrapper, rather than approving only a URL in a spreadsheet. Record the promise, the resolved page and the test request.
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