Everything you need to know about our completely free service.
to.news is a completely free URL shortening service that allows you to turn long, complex links into short, memorable ones instantly.
Yes! Our service is 100% free with no hidden costs, usage limits, or subscriptions required.
All links created on to.news are permanent. Our priority is reliability, which is why we only allow links from verified and authoritative sources.
Absolutely. You can use our Statistics page to check the total number of clicks for any link in a simple and direct way.
Yes, we use 301 permanent redirects which pass the full "link juice" to your destination, helping your search engine rankings.
to.news has a database that associates the long URL with a short URL. When a user tries to access the short URL, the browser will instantly redirect to the original page (long URL). We use the "301 redirect" code, which is better than "302 redirect" for URL shorteners. 301 means that the redirection is permanent and it passes link juice (for better search engine ranking).
If you get the error message "Sorry, but URLs in this domain can not be shortened.", it is because you were trying to link to another URL shortener. Due to abuse prevention, it is not possible to shorten a URL that points to another URL shortener. Users could be trying to hide the real destination. However, you can shorten the link by pointing it directly to the final destination.
Yes, the short URL is case sensitive. So if your short URL is "to.news/test" (lowercase), then "to.news/TEST" (uppercase) will not work or will lead to a different page, since our shortener engine uses both lowercase and uppercase letters to identify distinct addresses.
Simply enter the short code (for example "xyz" for "to.news/xyz") on our Statistics page. The system will immediately show you the total number of clicks received.