We use URL shortening services so often these days we're seldom even aware of them. Until, that is, one of them fails. Today, one of the most popular of these, Bitly, stopped working for some users.

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. "Every link in the world should be a Bitly link," CEO Mark ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Back on May 8, popular URL-shortening service Bitly ...

Today Bitly announced a new Bitly Labs project called Realtime, a service for finding the most clicked on Bitly links. Realtime, now in private beta, allows users to filter searches by social network, ...