Comments on: URL Shorteners That Frame Websites Hijack Your Content

By: admin

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:34:40 +0000

Putting a target=”_top” parameter on an a href link will allow anyone who clicks on the link to break out of the frame, but you can also add some JS code to the page to _automatically_ break out of a frame if the page is framed.

Adding the following one-liner Javascript somewhere in the BODY of your page will cause the page to reload in the Top Frame if the content is Framed:

if (top.location != location) top.location.href = document.location.href ;

Note: use with caution if your site uses Frames itself – this code cannot differentiate between a URL-shorterner Frame and one for your own site.

By: Robert Redl

Robert Redl — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:58:05 +0000

A really good point. I will start to put something new at the very top of my websites (above all templates and design)

A so called “Permanent Original URL”: http://examplea.com/my-blog-post with a “_top” target to “break” all bars and frames if the user clicks it. This should enable the user to use his bookmarking tool of choice.
Greetings from Vienna, Austria Robert

By: Russell Cohen

Russell Cohen — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:52:02 +0000

In the light of what’s happening with tr.im, perhaps we need a 4th commandment, to the effect that “thou shalt not go out of business after users have entrusted years of link shortening history to you”.

By: Hugo Mugo

Hugo Mugo — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:28:18 +0000

1. Thou shalt not FRAME my URL.

2. Thou shalt not display any advertisements during the redirection of my URL.

3. Thou shalt not promote additional information during the redirection of my URL.

By: Maskil

Maskil — Sun, 24 May 2009 11:44:38 +0000

I quite like the idea of having that Share Bar sitting on top of any shortened URLs I send out, so it’s easy for the recipient to save or share them further.

Are you aware of any link shortening services that provide a Share Bar while also:

- using 301 Redirects
- not Framing the destination website
- showing the True (un-shortened) URL in the browser address bar?

Are these the issues, or are there others I’m missing?

By: Liam Delahunyu

Liam Delahunyu — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:22:10 +0000

Really well said, I’m conisdering dropping those who continue to use these services.