Wi.nr: The Link Shortening Service you Might As Well Use
wi.nr is a link shortening service, much like bit.ly, tinyurl.com and dwarfurl.com, except that after you’ve signed up, every time you create a link and post it in an email, tweet or webpage, people click on it, you’re entered into a sweepstake to win a prize. You also get an entry when you click on a wi.nr link, more clicks, more entries – each entry is given a time stamp, and the first one clicked on after the randomly generated winningtime gets that day’s prize. At the moment they’re giving away 8 gig iPod Nanos, but if you’ve already got one, fear not, the prize will change on the 11th of Dec.
The cost of these prizes is funded by the ads served when you click on a wi.nr link, so if you feel like your online day is already overstuffed with ads then you should probably steer away; not ideal for sending links to business acquaintances! On the other hand, if you’re forwarding that video of the sneezing panda to your circle of friends, then you might as well give it a go, if you win, it’s one less Christmas present to buy, and no-one else offers you a free lottery entry to do something you would do anyway.
