Brief.ly was mentioned as one of the successful domain hacks by Guardian:

Libya’s suffix proved to be popular before the Arab uprising that ousted Gaddaffi, because it was comparatively cheap. URL shortener Bitly started the .ly domain hack trend by registering bit.ly; inspiring others like brief.ly, adf.ly and ow.ly to follow suit.

Short link: http://✯.ws/~4Tpf4$2Q

Posted on Monday, March 18th, 2013 at 5:47 pm.
Filed under: News.