Editing URL redirection (section)

=== Short aliases for long URLs ===
{{Main|URL shortening}}

Web applications often include lengthy descriptive attributes in their URLs which represent data hierarchies, command structures, transaction paths and session information. This practice results in a URL that is aesthetically unpleasant and difficult to remember, and which may not fit within the size limitations of [[microblogging]] sites. [[URL shortening]] services provide a solution to this problem by redirecting a user to a longer URL from a shorter one.<ref name="NtrEdf" />