Grabify
Type of site | URL shortening |
|---|---|
| Owner | Grabify |
| Created by | Joel.[1] |
| Revenue | Donations, Advertising |
| Total assets |  US$97,154 thousand (2018[update])[2] |
| Website | Grabify |
| Alexa rank | 54,704 (April 2018[update])[3] |
| Registration | No |
| Launched | August 2014[4] |
| Current status | Active |
Grabify is a URL shortening website which provides short aliases for redirection of long URLs and also includes extra detailed analytics, such as special features like IP logging. Grabify was originally made as a link shortener with the purpose of catching people who were Catfishing others. But since the websites launch in back in 2014 then, its users have found many other additional uses for it, such as website analytics or an IP logging daemon that logs the users IP every time they start their PC to have a record of all their old IP addresses.
Service[edit]
The homepage on Grabify has a text box that lets any user (registered or not) enter in a link they want to shorten and keep analytics on. Once the link is created it takes them to the tracking page where they can chose from a list of domains and external link shorteners to better fit their use case.
By default the link will look like this: https://grabify,link/abc123. Once the link it clicked, it will redirect the user to the original log URL that the user creator of the link entered at the start.
After sending the link out, the user can then check back on the page to see the analytics on the link, such as clicks, IP Addresses, country's, city's, ISP's and so on.
Grabify also offers an API which allows developers to utilize the Grabify service in their own applications, programs and websites. To use the API, the developer will call a specific URL such as api.grabify,link/?key=YourMagicKey&response=create&url=google.com. This then returns a JSON response which contains the relative information for the developer to use in their development.
URL shortening websites are useful for making short pretty looking links they are easy to type out. They are specifically useful for items where users can click or copy and past links, such as flyers, leaflets or any other printed items. Another use case for them, is on website with limited character spaces, such as Twitter, which only allows 140 characters. Having a short link here will allow more room for typing the actual tweet and including the link.
Where Grabify really shines is with its IP logging features for catching Catfish. If the user is talking to someone who says they are from country X and the user then send them a link to click. Once the link is clicked, the user checks the logs and sees that use user is from country Y, they can then gather that they are most likely being Catfished.
Featured[edit]
Grabify was featured on MTV's show Catfish:_The_TV_Show on season 7 episode 8[5]
Similar services and informaion[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "jLynx Websites". jLynx.net. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
- ↑ "How much is Grabify worth?". Worth of Web. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
- ↑ "Grabify Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
- ↑ "Wayback Macine". Archive.org. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
- ↑ "Grabify on Catfish". Grabify. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
External links[edit]
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