Integration, Integration, Integration...

In case you hadn't noticed, we have been on bit of an integration drive recently!

With the usage of our API now starting to exceed that of our web site, we are keen to expand our offerings even further. This over-take in usage methods is due to the popularity of all sorts of sites and services on the Internet such as the Firefox Add-on ShortenURL which allows you to shorten the URL of any web page you are viewing, from within the actual web page itself - you don't even need to leave the web site.

We've been speaking to a lot of people over recent weeks, looking to integrate our services with theirs and offer you some URL shortening services from all manner of different places.

You might be pleased to know that the next release of TweetMeMe will feature http://Fwd4.Me support. TweetMeMe is a service which aggregates all the popular links on Twitter to determine which links are the most popular. TweetMeMe categorises these links into Categories, Subcategories and Channels, making it easy to filter out the noise to find what you're interested in. They also provide the tweet buttons you see on the top of these blog posts too. So, if you use the TweetMeMe buttons on your own web sites and blogs, you'll soon be able to select http://Fwd4.Me from the list of supported URL shortening services!

Last week we also successfully integrated with BackTweets, the site that allows you to easily search for links posted on Twitter. We're also currently speaking to TwitterFeed on similar lines...

We are also now featured on Get Satisfaction, indeed all our support is run through their service offerings.

Do you use Google Chrome? If so, you'll also see us on the next version of URLShortener, the popular Google Chrome Extension which offers similar features to ShortenURL for Firefox.

Possibly in the pipeline, but very early days yet, we have approached SocialOomph, UberTwitter, Tweetie and SharedMinds to discuss various options - we'll keep you posted if these blossom into something fruitful!

In other news, we are also looking for Firefox Add-on and Google Chrome Extensions developers to help us with a URL UN-shortening project.

Can you help us communication our integration mission to the world?

If you use any sites or services that you'd like to see your favorite URL shortener integrated with, or similarly if you run a web site or have an application that could benefit from partnering with a URL shortening service, get in touch, we'd love to talk!