> >
> > There are four things wrong with this picture:
> >formatting link>
> > ... Maybe more?
>
> I didn't continue looking after the first wrong thing -- the url.
> The tinyurl entity is *evil* and I will never follow any of their > suspect links.
>
> | Hide your affiliate URLs
> |
> | Are you posting something that you don't want people to know what the
> | URL is because it might give away that it's an affiliate link. Then you
> | can enter a URL into TinyURL, and your affiliate link will be hidden
> | from the visitor, only the tinyurl.com address and the ending address
> | will be visible to your visitors.
>
> Why should anyone trust these urls after reading this text on tinyurl.com?
Seconded! Tinyurl is completely pointless. For security reasons, I never follow a tinyurl.