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PURVEYOR OF THE SHORTENED LINKS Bitly appears to be down in some places, plunging people that regularly use its service into URL long-windedness, if not total darkness electronics wholesale.

Availability seems to to depend on where you are. Our INQUIRER remote workers, with the exception of one in the US, can all access the service, but no one in the main office can access or use the web site and its URLs.

A search on Twitter for talk about Bitly finds users asking whether it is down, along with other messages that include its working links. This suggests that the problem is not widespread, or at least, is not affecting all users. However those that rely on it are not being keen in the comments.

"The dark side of URL shorteners: When they go down, so do your links. Right now, bitly seems to be wetting the bed," says one.

The firm has started responding to messages, and according to its tests there are no problems with its systems.

It responded to complaining users, "We don't see any issues on our end. Can you let me know what ISP you're using?"