The Power of Shortening Long Web Addresses: How To Use Bitly

The Power of Shortening Long Web Addresses: How To Use Bitly

Do you like to take shortcuts? Here in Work From Home Pinoy Ako, you will learn that some shortcuts are good, others are not.

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I remember when i was still studying math in school, there are different ways to solve math equations or math problems. Merong longcut (long method) or shortcut (short method). More often, we would like to learn how to solve math problems using the short method because it saves us time so that we can quickly and effectively finish an exercise, quiz, or an exam.

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During lectures naman, some of us like to take down notes especially when the teacher does not write on the blackboard. Teka, uso pa ba ang blackboard ngayon? Or whiteboard na ang ginagamit?

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Sometimes when the teacher talks fast, nahihirapan tayong i-sulat yung mga sinasabi nya. During my time i often hear my classmates saying, "sana marunong akong mag-shorthand para I can capture all that the teacher was saying."

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By the way according to Mang Wiki, shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed and brevity of writing as compared to a normal method of writing a language. But today, I can image na hindi na kailangan magshorthand especially for us pinoys because we cn do shrthnd evn f we ddnt lern hw 2 do it. We cn jst use d wy we do txt msgg. O di ba? Nabasa mo naman?

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Again, it is an advantage when we use shortcuts because it allows us to capture more information and lesser space in our notebooks when the teacher is giving lectures. Another example of making shortcuts is when we travel in a car, taxi, fx, or jeep especially kapag traffic. When you drive, you always want to shorten your travel time to reach your destination faster. Maski ang jeep, kung saan saan lumulusot makaiwas lang sa traffic. Gustong gusto natin yon di ba para hindi tayo ma-late sa school or sa work?

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Finally, as a virtual assistant or an aspiring one, we have to learn how to do shortcuts. Some of the shortcuts that we often use are CTRL+Print Sc, to have a screenshot of your computer screen, CTRL+C, to copy a text or an image, CTRL+V, to paste the text or image that you copied, CTRL+S, to save a file that you are working on and a whole lot more. These shortcuts make our work easier and therefore we can finish a lot of work.

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Yes, shortcuts can give us advantages like easier solutions to math problems, for easier recording of teacher's lectures, faster arrival at a destination, and can do a lot more when working sa computer. However, not everything is good when doing shortcuts. When you are used to typing shortcut in a text message, the tendency is for you to forget the corect speling of words.

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Sometimes when there's traffic, the taxi or fx that you are riding often looks for the way when there's no congestion of roads. Pero minsan sa kakahanap at kakasuot kung saan saan, mas lalo pang natatraffic! Another example is when you are an athlete, or you play for a basketball team, for example, then you shorten your training. Syempre hindi maganda iyon and you will not be able to reach your full potential. If kulang naman ang practice ng team then most likely you will lose a lot of games.

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Like what i said before, if you are a virtual assistant or an aspiring virtual assistant, you should learn how to do shortcuts in using commands in the computer, not shortcuts in the way you educate yourself. Use shortcuts in a positive way. And there's this app that is very useful for your learning when it comes to shortcuts sa internet and this is Bitly.

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What is this software apps called Bitly? According to Mang Wiki, Bitly is a URL shortening service. Bitly shortens more than one billion links per month, for use in social networking, SMS, and email. The Bitly URL shortening service became popular on Twitter after it became the default URL shortening service on the website on may 6, 2009. In addition to its main URL shortening service, the website provides tools to view statistics related to users that click on generated links. This is a very important tool because you will know who are clicking your links and if your links are effective or not.

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And now, the power of shortening links is presented here in your online school, Work From Home Pinoy Ako in a form of a PDF tutorial below:

How to Use Bitly by diazderivera

Now that you know how to use Bitly, I hope as a future virtual assistant or as a learning virtual assistant, you will be able to shorten a long URL effectively, use it in Twitter to save on the character limit per Twitter message, use it also in blog posts to monitor the clicks of each URL that your client has, show them what links are effective or not.

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Do you know any shortcuts that gives advantage? Disadvantage? Do you know any other URL shortening apps? Please write in the comments below.

Until my next post here in your online school, Work From Home Pinoy Ako.

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