Making Your Own URL Shortener(blog.skywelch.io) |
Making Your Own URL Shortener(blog.skywelch.io) |
1. https://t37.net/why-link-shorteners-harm-your-readers-and-de...
However, this is a personal domain for my use only. And I don't think you can simply dismiss the usefulness of being able to track link usage and referrers without using nasty client-side JS stuff.
I'm also using "shortcodes" rather than random IDs for most stuff so the intent isn't lost.
Using it for a personal domain is likely going to hurt your SEO. You can track behavior on the server side without JS just as easily without short URLs.