How can I Merge links from my account or to other accounts?

Simple URL Shortener does not currently support that you can merge links from one account to another account. Also if you created short links while not being logged into your account through the anonymous link shortening functionality, then you cannot later move and merge these links into your account later.

How to chose redirect type and how to change it for your shortened links

Simple URL Shortener provides two different ways of 301 redirects for your target audience that clicks on your links and visits your final destination target URL:

1. Page Redirects:
   This will shows your visitors a security preview page before the visitor will be redirected to the final target URL destination. This is the system default option
2. Direct Redirects:
   This will redirect your audience transparently and directly to the target URL destination without seeing any system pages from Simple URL shortener .

Watch the video below and see how to change the redirect type

How to change redirect type of an already exiting shortened link

If you already have created a short link and you at some point want to change the type of 301 redirect for that link then go to your dashboard and click “Manage Links” in the right pane dashboard menu.

and then expand the menu and click “All links”:

Select from the page the link you wish to edit:

in the new window go down to the section with the drop-down selector for “Redirect Type” and select the redirect you want to use and then click on “Submit” button.

We are very committed to our users and visors safety because the internet can be a very scary place if you end up on the wrong place. To prevent our users from  being targeted by hackers, phishing attempts and other malicious activities; we offer a security preview feature so that our users can browse the internet safely.

The “Redirect Page” is a security feature which we offer to our users and visitors that clicks on a shortened link by Simple URL Shortener’s system. This is also the default option, but it can be changed in your dashboard if you sign up for a free account or subscribe to a premium account.

The redirect page provides your target audience that clicks on a published short link a security tool to pre-view and and chance to asses how safe the target destination URL is and thus if they want to proceed to that final destination URL. As explained below in the image:

There are multiple ways to find and copy your Simple URL Shortener links in your account

1.

From your dashboard → Manage Links section:

2.

From the Bookmarklet tools → Bookmarklet → browser integration tool, (Premium feature), after you have added the browser extension to your browser’s bookmark/favorites toolbar from the dashboard menu:

3.

When you create new URL New Short Link → in your dashboard section. (This can only be done directly the short link has been created. After that you need to go to manage links in the meny):

4.

On the public front-page. → You can also always create anonymous links with the public link shortener.

However you should be aware of that you cannot manage these anonymous links from within your personal account. They are a one-time only copy and paste occurrence :

Simple URL Shortener currently supports a wide combination of characters in branded link alias letters (uppercase and lowercase) numbers, dash and underscore which can be used when you create and customize your own unique short link. We do not support any symbols or special characters in the short links.

A custom branded link refers to a link that has either or both a custom domain name and a custom alias (custom keywords.) included in the generated short link. A custom branded link does not include automated random generated character strings in the half-back.

Custom Link examples

• Custom branded link: https://b2b.gd/marketing
• Custom branded short url: https://shorturl.gg/summersale
• Automated generated generic link: https://shorturl.gg/3fXs

You can view change and edit all your links from within your account and manage all aspects from there.

All links that you create with Simple URL Shortener is permanent and will never expire unless they break our Terms of Use or if you delete the shortened link your self (Premium feature).

Links created using our front-page anonymous link shortener function however cannot be edited or deleted at all by end-users. They can only be edited by the Simple URL Shortener staff.

Click here to if you like to read more about Link management.

You can manage and edit your Simple URL Shortener link’s title and description by going to the right pane menu in your user account and select “Manage links“:

then click on “All links“

On the right side a new window will load a list of all your links visible links, (except hidden links). From that link list find the link that you wish to edit:

Now click the “Edit” button. A new page will load in your control panel with the link you have chosen to edit:

From here change the shortened link’s title and description to your liking and once you are satisfied with your change just click on the “Submit” button to save your changes. Once you have done that; you have successfully edited the title and the description of your link. 

How to create a new short link within the dashboard.

If you like to change final destination URL, (Target URL) then you must login to your account and go to Manage links:

Click on the menu which then will expand:

In that expanded menu chose “All links” and an new page will load in your dashboard with a a list of your current shortened links. From that list find the link that you would like to change the target URL on:

Click the “Edit ” button to the right side. That will load a new window and display the options for managing your short link.

In that section chose the Long URL field: