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		<title>Tr.im Url Shorting Services Shuts Down!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dezmon Reid</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[shorting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br/>Tr.im Shutdown ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<br/><p><a href="http://thegadget411.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/logo_home.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1539" title="logo_home" src="http://thegadget411.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/logo_home.png" alt="logo_home" width="150" height="83" /></a>As Of Sunday August 10th the URL shorting service tr.im will no longer make URLsÂ  short.</p>
<p>Posted on site (Tr.im):</p>
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<div><span>tr</span><span>.</span><span>im</span> is now in the process of discontinuing service, effective immediately.</div>
<p>Statistics can no longer be considered reliable, or reliably available going forward.<br />
However, all <span>tr</span><span>.</span><span>im</span> links will continue to redirect, and will do so until at least December 31, 2009.<br />
<strong>Your tweets with <span>tr</span><span>.</span><span>im</span> URLs in them will not be affected.</strong></p>
<p>We regret that it came to this, but all of our efforts to avoid it failed.<br />
No business we approached wanted to purchase <span>tr</span><span>.</span><span>im</span> for even a minor amount.</p>
<p>There is no way for us to monetize URL shortening &#8212; users won&#8217;t pay for it &#8212; and we just can&#8217;t<br />
justify further development since Twitter has all but annointed bit.ly the market winner.<br />
There is simply no point for us to continue operating <span>tr</span><span>.</span><span>im</span>, and pay for its upkeep.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>We apologize for the disruption and inconvenience this may cause you.</p></blockquote>
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