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What is Cligs?

Cligs is a short URL service that gives you access to detailed traffic statistics of your short URLs.

A "clig" (plural "cligs") is a short URL hosted on the service at http://cli.gs/. Cligs is also the name of the service. It’s pronounced like "clicks" but with a g (as in go) sound instead of a k sound at the end.

Key New Features of Cligs

It is different from the traditional URL shortening services in many respects. The key features are:

• All your short URLs are protected by your account which means only you can see the statistics.
• Within your account, you can create an unlimited number of cligs, with an unlimited number of cligs pointing to the same destination URL. This means you can drop different cligs into different sites and watch their traffic evolve over time; for example, two cligs pointing to the same destination can be used one in a forum and one on twitter and then the traffic from each one is tracked by Cligs.
• The service forwards all cligs to their destination using an HTTP 301 Permanent Redirect. This has several advantages, the key one being that the link value is passed through to the destination. This means that Cligs does not interfere with your SEO efforts.
• Cligs gives you a ton of traffic analytics, and more are constantly being added. At the moment, the available analytics are:
  • Total number of hits
  • Referral statistics
  • Recent mentions of the clig itself on twitter
  • Recent links (mentions) of the clig on blogs
  • Recent web links to the clig
  • Recent mentions of the destination URL on twitter
  • Recent blog links to the destination
  • Recent blog links to the destination
  • Recent web links to the destination
  • Delicious bookmarks of the destination
  • Total number of links to the destination

On top of all this, the service is FREE!

How to Get Started

To get started, you will need to register for a FREE Cligs account. Once you have an account, the service guides you through the one-step short URL creation process.

Also, be sure to use the bookmarklet, which can always be found at the create new clig page. Here it is for your convenience:

Cligs bookmarklet: Shorten Link @ Cli.gs

Giving Feedback

I always welcome feedback about Cligs, especially feature requests. The service would not be what it is without constant feedback from testers and users.

To contact me, please use the contact page. Thanks!