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Short URL service hosting allowed ?
Hello people,
I recently got a small 3letter domain and its pretty good for a url shortner service,
But i was doing some research on this and found that Service providers shut down there services due to spam link complaints.
I mean i will not be spamming, but cant help if one does use this service to do exactly that.
so my question is , what is your policy as a provider ... would you allow me to host such a short url service on your servers ?
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short url service on a vps. I wouldn't see why I wouldn't allow it
Seems strange to not allow that sort of thing based on potentiality. I certainly would allow it as well.
Use meta redirect for your script and you'll be fine I believe.
Your domain will never be logged as referrer.
You will have abusers for sure (spam, scam, cp sites).
Ok that was positive,
You guys have any recommendation for this kind of setup ?
No!
Don't rely on client-side scripts to redirect.
You are going to get a lot of abuse. Yeah, it's only an URL shortener, but providers will ask you to desist when they start getting spam complaints.
LOL, I might be too late for an answer. but anyways, you can host your own url shortening service with Azetrix's ShortLink service @ github https://github.com/azetrix/shortlink
I am using this project in a shared hosting for my own short domain https://yourls.org/.
It works fine both shared hosting and VPS.
Though URL shortening services itself is fine for most hosting providers, chances are that once your shortening service starts drawing visitors, your database will be filled with Warez/Pornography/Online gambling links (based on my experience) and you know they are usually not allowed. So be sure to actively monitor your links.
I don't see a problem with them but be aware that the majority of abuse reports we receive are from URL shorteners. If you use WHOIS privacy with your domain then that might be a problem if you're generating a lot of reports and costing the host a lot of extra money supporting you.
My recommendation to you is to not hide your WHOIS information so the abuse reports will go to you and not your host. Also I would open a ticket with the host and request that your VPS's IP be SWIP'ed to your information to reduce the abuse reports to your host even more. Lastly, find a host that advertises 24x7 managed support to avoid costing the host additional money to support you if you do generate a fraction of the abuse reports I deal with.
Just my two cents.