After several times received criticism, Twitter finally solve one of the biggest problems related to the problem short URLs. Microblogging site will now automatically shorten a web address in a broad and long.
Until now, users who want extra space message after posting long URLs should go to a website URL, external shortening, like bit.ly, before submitting their Twitter messages.
"Features short URL we will shorten the link so that only requires 19 characters," wrote an official statement Twitter, reported by TG Daily, Thursday (06/09/2011).
This means that when you actually write Tweet, can exceed 140 characters, provided in excess of this character from long URLs. Twitter automatically will realize you put in a complicated web address and to temporarily adjust the limits of your character in real-time while you're writing your message.
Final URL will be displayed also able to show that summarized the core domain, thus safer and more secure than shorteners third party network, which sometimes mendompleng identity of the original URL.
source: MSN