Hey.

A few weeks ago one of the link shorterner services went out of business so if you were one of the unlucky ones who was using them then guess what?

All your links that you had created using their service was no longer working. And that’s the issue with these link shortening services like Tinyurl or Bit.ly. If they went out of business at some point you would be in a world of hurt because you’d have to go back to all your sites where you used these links and replace every one of them.

But now you don’t ever have to worry about that again.

The Pretty Link plugin for WordPress will create your shortened links for you right within WordPress and it is completely FREE. There is a Pro version that one can purchase if they desire that has a lot more features.

To find out more about this plugin and how to use if with WordPress you can check out this Tissa Godavitarne webinar where he shows how to install WordPress on a Hostgator account and then install the Pretty Link plugin.

If you need a Hostgator account then you can sign up at the Hostgator Web Site. Select the “Baby” Plan for $9.95/month which will provide you with unlimited domain hosting. When ordering use Coupon Code “HOSTGATOR” and you will basically get your first month for a penny. There is a $15.00 fee for registering your new domain, but you get your first month for $15.01). Then you can use Fantastico in Hostgator to quickly install WordPress in as little as 5 minutes!

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