We’ve had this service for a while, but only announcing it now (because j.mp stole some of our thunder!). Given any URL (in your address bar), just type “00.ie/” before it, hit enter, and URL.ie will give you your shortened URL.

You’ll need JavaScript enabled for full compatibility. It’ll still work without JavaScript, but anchors won’t work and some query strings might break.

So, type 00.ie/ before your URL, to get your shortened one (automatically linked to your URL.ie account, if you’re logged in at the time). That’s two zeroes, not two of the letter ‘o’! For example, to shorten the URL of this post, use 00.ie/http://blog.url.ie/2010/05/shorten-a-url-with-just-a-quick-prepend-to-any-url/#comments.