Your own URL shortener

After having my own domain names and websites for decades, I finally got my own URL shortener!
Until now I have been using goo.gl but as with many other Google services it’s being discontinued.

Cloud services is increasingly popular and one of it’s beauty is that all files has a URL that can easily be shared on the internet. Only drawback is that the links tend to be ugly and terribly long.
This is inconvenient in some cases. Maybe you even want to share a link on good old SMS ?

If you have a website you can host your own shortener. The URL will be friendly and more likely to be trusted by your friends.

YOURLS stands for Your Own URL Shortener. It is a small set of PHP scripts that will allow you to run your own URL shortening service (a la TinyURL or bitly). It’s free!
Now you can create your own custom urls or random ones. It even comes with statistics and smart bookmarklets so you can shorten any page in just a single click.

To share a photo, you should avoid sharing a link like this:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/n6MHE8s-r5nSPBcoNOpM_J-DOwXgcNcFzld2vC01-Ai93eCp0ZNixUgI0-nnsiPleJY7Gw6FV9j-04KK-kmCg8hnzr5RAqTUF92Uzd7Q8XEMBlUcKsuNHUt2QExgETECV76VRAcJ3PXRgReSXjLLuYTzBFBsir9L5ByDAMfbLnFemmJwZrb3NR314ppw19HruA612H5NYkStcmFvTG87L4EiODVz8KZ_mheERUQUIDQr_skSFo2njTiO-QIFCK9h_rgSISc_V3hp-LKy95TwRrmrh6-0epJYhJ1Gp_54m31Q0iH3V9ex_rhCLijueHxucbkqIf4_ofVI2KphyCr7bXkHRZqbqw_No6_3B73SRExIPYiEZV4ciUjmx0dy4tQT64Xh3LcRbq5R7SO9V1hSsilCNaDlv40ogKr9K37oTZPy60geZKifhCGYA0ezKbSn4wZV1nUTGIDQEEFMa8915Oe7GbTCDp-AG-6YWsYKouPO2qjdc_YU23_RtsMTQrKRg8DHSOVyi2vOt_wfG74uqnzqB0mOw2v-1MkCy9g0hvrnClmHnONCiMP5WfyzoTzLLHWrnlYc7ZaLFHW3pZUwIm4R71TqoQRGEPCeh8esLnnigUR_YU_hYuZ09wBPzJkG-xZqr1Br0-JPCZUv8fzGsyBKdgbcf_8Qiw=w1152-h648-no

…when you can share it like this : https://janespen.no/url/bilde

I wonder why this hasn’t been on my radar before.
Get one yourself for your own domain name, or maybe buy a new short name just for this purpose ?