Shrink your URL with BudURL
Like other URL shrinkers out there (tinyurl etc), BudURL allows you to shrink a long URL into something manageable. If you have tried sending links of articles deep within a hosted blogging service, you will know why you would need something like this.
But BudURL does something more; it tracks the click rate of your URL. Though its tracking report may not be as comprehensive as other analytic services like the venerable statcounter.com, it does give you a quick idea on how popular your page is. Which is good enough if that is all you want to know.
I see BudURL as a cross between TinyURL and statcounter. It is definitely not as feature-rich as both these services but saves you time using two separate services.
Just to test it, here is a BudURL to my photos from a recent trip. http://budurl.com/ujw5 
