Martin DeMello wrote: > Kirk Haines <wyhaines / gmail.com> wrote: >> I suppose the downside is just that this makes it easy for someone to >> scan the database of URLs? > > http://marnanel.org/writing/tinyurl-whacking Sure, but is that a _bad_ thing, or merely a thing? That is, is it a problem, or just one facet of providing the service in that way? It looks like Bill Kelly used the same algorithm with qurl.com as I did with enigo.com/shortlink. It's fast, simple, and provides a great amount of density to the information. Kirk Haines