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Yirl.Tk - The Easiest Way to Shorten Your URL

SUMMARY
Yirl.Tk is a URL shortener, simple as that. You can create your own custom keyword (like yirl.tk/yourkeyword). You can embed the site's widget to your site, which will be cool and coming soon near you. I seen many URL shorteners but is this just as good?

DESIGN: 70/100
There are problems with the design and I think the biggest issue is the background. It's very distracting, makes it hard for your title to see/read, and the image is tiled. Another problem is that the footer is questionable (for me for the least). The footer is green, but your links have a white background... and should green be the color of your footer? And finally, the color for the text (especially titles don't match, in my opinion). I hope this is improved. Despite the downfall, at least Yirl.tk is simplified and easy for the user to simplify their url.

FEATURES: 85/100
Features of Yirl.tk are:

• Simplify your URL
• Customize the keywords of your URL
• Give it an optional title
• View the website/url's statistics
  
• Share the URL on Twitter, Facebook, etc.
• Embed the widget to your site (coming soon)

Simplifying your URL is super easy with this site, and only that, but super fast too! In just a second or two (without it loading or barely) the URL is easily shortened.

CONTENT: 80/100
You can do much for your simplified URL, and you can share it to anyone on Facebook, Twitter, and FriendFeed. But that's really much it. It's good that the site is bringing awareness to other websites, and not only that, but by the way the owner's site is here (you can also get your site advertised): http://www.trafficheart.com/

ORGANIZATION: 84/100

It's just a little messy, in my opinion. I don't really like the titles, and the background. If you fix those that will boost up your organization and design points!

CONCLUSION
Yirl.tk is really handy when it comes to shortening URLs, but remember that a major fix on the design (background mostly) will make the site jump. I believe you need the site to have its own logo. Designing for this site is the key, but overall, Yirl.tk is a really good URL shortener. My advice: since you are able to share the link to social networks, I recommend to add more social networks whereas you can share that link to more sites. Adding more features to your site means more functionality, but it's good to know you're not adding too much.

http://www.yirl.tk/