Nashville, TN - Music Valley Group has just released its URL Shortening service.  MVG.me.  URL Shortening has found an increase in usage thanks to Social Media moguls Facebook and Twitter.  With both of these services putting character limits on individual posts, real estate value is at an all-time high.  Currently MVG.me offers basic URL Shortening.  Soon we will give you the ability to track your shortened URL usage.  See how many people have clicked your link, when they clicked your link, and in what countries they are from.  It's going to be great fun for those who love to crunch numbers!

"URL shortening is a technique on the World Wide Web in which a URL may be made substantially shorter in length. This involves using an HTTP Redirect on a domain name that is short to link to a website which has a long URL. Domain names are linked to IP addresses, however, in order to be human friendly, the Latin alphabet can be used. Sometimes this can lead to extremely long URLs." - Wikipedia.com

The technology we use is based on the YOURLS URL Shortening Service.  Don't like the MVG.me moniker?  YOURLS allows you to set up your own service.  If you have the know how, a domain, and hosting, you too can be a URL Shortener.

Whether it is your Grandmother, your little brother, or yourself, we have all faced a dreaded computer issue of some sort.  This may be a virus, email phishing, malware, scamware, website/email hack, and on and on.

1. Checking the "Keep me signed in" box on public PCs
2. Failing to update Microsoft Windows OS /Java / Adobe Reader / Adobe Flash
3. Searching for celebrity gossip, incriminating material (i.e. sex tapes)
4. Using BitTorrent to download copyrighted software/film/TV shows
5. Searching for free porn
6. Online gaming (free to play, social games on Facebook and beyond)
7. Leaving Facebook privacy settings wide open, therefore exposing personal info to all
8. Connecting to unknown wireless networks
9. Using the same password for every single online account
10. Trying to get a free iPad, PlayStation 3 or similar gadgets (scams/phishing)