# TinyURL | | **TinyURL** is a URL shortening web service, which provides short aliases for redirection of long URLs. Kevin Gilbertson, a web developer, launched the service in January 2002 as a way to post links in newsgroup postings which frequently had long, cumbersome addresses. TinyURL was the first notable URL shortening service and is one of the oldest still currently operating. | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [TinyURL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TinyURL) | | | url:: [TinyURL](https://www.tinyurl.com) | My preferred [[URL shortener]]