Twitter now tracking link clicks

5 pointsmerrick333 comments

Maybe it's been going on for a while and I just noticed it.

Using twitters web interface I clicked on this link http://bit.ly/olSOg and below are the abbreviated headers that I saw:

GET /link_click_count?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FolSOg&linkType=web&tweetId=3540807536&userId=2533331 HTTP/1.1 Host: twitter.com ...

HTTP/1.x 302 Moved Temporarily Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:30:15 GMT Server: hi Last-Modified: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:30:15 GMT Status: 302 Found Location: http://bit.ly/olSOg

...

GET /olSOg HTTP/1.1

Host: bit.ly

...

HTTP/1.x 301 Moved Permanently

Server: nginx/0.7.42

Location: http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/magazine/17-09/ff_craigslist_makeover

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