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Tim — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:33:03 -0000

Like it, Nice!

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lehrblogger — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:44:04 -0000

hmm, we still have that functionality, and it would be odd if you weren't seeing it. Have you tried clicking on the "Share on Twitter" link just below the URL? There should be a Custom Name box that appears. If that still doesn't work, email us at support@bit.ly with information about your browser, operating system, installed plugins, and maybe a screenshot or two and we'll figure out what the problem is.

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Name — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:50:36 -0000

It's two months later and there is no "Rename" or "custom url" function, even when signed in.

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lehrblogger — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:03:20 -0000

What is your username on bit.ly? Try looking below the bento box on the main bit.ly page, or going to http://[YOUR_USERNAME].bit.ly to see your history.

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Vi — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:44:05 -0000

Great !
I was close to start using tinyurl, but I will stay with bit.ly ! :)

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lehrblogger — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:23:37 -0000

To Vi and everyone else who has asked about the custom name box (and might be subscribed to these comments but not the blog) - we've listened to your feedback and made it more like it was before. More info at http://blog.bit.ly/post/150...

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Vi — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:11:19 -0000

Where is the custom name ????
I liked it.
I use it to keep all my links as bookmarks

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SilknPearls — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 08:10:01 -0000

It no longer allows me to delete links from my page that I no longer care about. Otherwise, I can live with the changes.

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buoitay — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:46:02 -0000

hi,i'm a new comer,please add my blog

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r_osem — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:52:14 -0000

works fine here. looking for more space. i usually copy alot of text after i shorten the url and then delete til i get to 140. much more difficult now with less space to see what i copied.

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sidepodcast — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:44:32 -0000

thanks you.

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lehrblogger — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:40:04 -0000

We've had a lot of requests for the custom alias functionality as it was before, and we plan to add it back in very soon.

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sidepodcast — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:34:41 -0000

no custom alias, without being logged in?

*goes back to tinyurl.com*

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confuxed — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:46:43 -0000

Same here. No "rename" box anywhere...? This was bit.ly's USP to me -- where's it gone??

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Gordy Thomas — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:31:16 -0000

Okay...cool...that works. So I vote yes on your new interface if it's what floats your boat.

Still you've added a step to the process I was using...that's not great, but I can live with it.

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graubart — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:01:24 -0000

One more vote for restoring the old method on the custom URL.
I do a lot of UI/usability stuff and the new method is definitely "designed by developers" not by users. Not at all intuitive.
The rest of the Bento Box design is OK but please fix this ASAP. Took me 10 minutes, 2 google searches and 2 tweets to find out how to do this. Yikes

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J.C. Redbird — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:57:27 -0000

I do like the new bento box design. It's intuitive and pretty. I think many of the complaints would go away if you'd let people know that you can designate a custom URL *after* shortening. bit.ly continues to be my Twitter client of choice. Thanks for the upgrade.

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MaryP — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:45:36 -0000

Thanks!

I figured it out as I read down on the various blogs. I'm happy that I can still do it!

Thanks again!

Mary
801.278.3125

Mary C. Pickrell
International Home Business Trainer
mary@Step123Abundantly.com
www.Step123Abundantly.com

Re: Bento Box - Front Page Redesign

lehrblogger — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:30:59 -0000

Hi Mary - you can still request a specific version of a bit.ly URL, but the option is only currently available for logged in users after the long URL has been shortened (see the 'Rename' box). We've had a lot of requests for that functionality as it was before, and we plan to add it back in very soon.

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MaryP — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:56:00 -0000

Can I no longer request a specific shortened version as I did in the past? Where did it go?

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retorik — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:42:34 -0000

/me like that.. after first look i was dissapointed, but then.. :) keep on good work!

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Name — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:11:51 -0000

I'm using MSIE6. I can't find how to give my small link a custom name.

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Greensboro Jobs — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:44:58 -0000

I thought it was an elegant change to a cumbersome problem. I can even select from my linked accounts which I was unable to discover as a user.

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Andrys — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:10:13 -0000

Update: Click numbers at left for recent shortened links are back, I see. I guess they were missing for awhile due to the changes.

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Andrys — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:46:18 -0000

You guys should have said something about it. It's the first thing I do, including at other urlshorteners. No one would guess that it comes up later - not intuitive.

Outside of that I've no thoughts about the new interface. I've noticed that click numbers at the left are harder to find now but I expect that's to keep calc time shorter and to lower the load times.

I've admired the way you handle support here but the announcement that told almost nothing really was not good. I had to look and look to see if something had happened or whether my noscript was causing something not to show.

As it is, I log each nickname, since for some reason you don't display something so important to us and have not made it a thing you'll do. That's perplexing because it causes a lot more work for us.

But again, thanks for responding here.