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In 2024, researchers with Old Dominion University did an analysis of millions of random web link "sinks" and found a high correlation with Rickrolling. As background, a "sink" is the final destination in a chain of URL redirects. The researchers found the YouTube page for Rickrolling was one of the most common sinks on the Internet.
"Never Gonna Give You Up" is the subject of an Internet meme known as "rickrolling" involving misleading links (commonly shortened URLs) redirecting to the song's music video. [34] Started by users on 4chan, the practice had by May 2007 achieved notoriety on the Internet.
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Bitly is a URL shortening service and a link management platform. The company Bitly, Inc. was established in 2008. It is privately held and based in New York City. Bitly shortens 600 million links per month, [4] for use in social networking, SMS, and email. Bitly makes money by charging for access to aggregate data created as a result of many ...
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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 [1] as a way to post links in newsgroup postings which frequently had long, cumbersome addresses.
The Wikimedia URL Shortener is a feature that allows you to create short URLs for any page on projects hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, in order to reuse them elsewhere, for example on social networks, on wikis, or on paper. The feature can be accessed from Meta-Wiki on the special page m:Special:URLShortener. On this page, you will be able ...
The music video premiered on July 13, 2010, and was directed by Parris. It was premiered on BET's 106 & Park on August 2, 2010. [6] Diddy, Bun B, DJ Envy, Jadakiss, Triple C's, Gunplay, Sheek Louch, DJ Khaled, DJ Clue, Young Jeezy, Trick Daddy, Mack Maine, Plies, Fabolous, Fat Joe, Shawty Lo, Cassie and Lex Luger, the song's producer, appear in the music video.