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Is a youtu.be link the same as a youtube.com link? - The UnDoug - 09-13-2011
In other words, are they the same site? I can't follow the link in this thread:
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,1223622
because I'm on a slow old Lombard, and it'll crash Safari if I try, but I've seen links to youtu.be before, but I forget if it's just a different domain for youtube.
Re: Is a youtu.be link the same as a youtube.com link? - clay - 09-13-2011
Yup, same as youtube.com. It's their own custom url shortening domain. Much like amazon.com shortens their links to amzn.com when you email someone a link from a product page. Like this:
http://amzn.com/B004HFS6Z0
Re: Is a youtu.be link the same as a youtube.com link? - The UnDoug - 09-13-2011
Oh! Never noticed that before about Amazon.
Thanks, Clay!