Great info, Roger, I use tiny urls to hide my affiliate accounts and also hyperlink words or company names.  I have so much on theft that I think i'm becoming paranoid.

Enchanting----------------Bubonik---------------NeeBie----------------AGLOCO

 

 

I'll repeat my own advice here that I posted in my own forum.
Tiny urls mask your links, that's true, but people do get desensitized
when they see tinyurl.com/sdrfou8er (not a real one just an example.)
And they're probably not going to click, much less drag and copy the tinyurl.com link to see what's behind it. It could be porn or a site that contains a virus or anything...who knows?

You can always mask a link by hyperlinking. If you don't have the tools like you see here you can just type <a href="link">Text here</a> and do the same thing where html is allowed.
Check this out.
http://www.newbiesarentdummies.com

I don't know who owns this domain name, but it's not me, but I made it up to show how this can really be fun.

http://uptonogood.com

http://doyougetityet.com?Ihopeso

THANKS FOR THE TIPS.--DON

hi all

Nice one Becky - got it on the third.  lol

love
Jenny

Regarding masking, which btw is often done be passwordstealers, I always check the adress before clicking the link. How? If you have a statusline on the bottom of your browser you will see where a link will take you before you click on it just by holding the pointer over the link. http://www.clickheretogothere.com