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Information Architects Japan » iA Notebook » Web Trend Map 2007 We have done it before: the 200 most successful websites pinned down on the Tokyo Metro Map, ordered by category, proximity, success, popularity, and perspective. Now we have done it again—and better. Back by popular demand: here is iA’s next Web Trend Map: Download It! What’s New? First of all, the new Trend Map features many more websites than the previous one. More Consistency: The different trend lines have been renamed, simplified and cleaned up. More Lines: The original raster (Tokyo metro map) has been substantially modified to fit the needs of an Internet Trend Map. Less Japanese Jokes: There are less insider jokes about the different stations and more consistency between the connections and the neighborhoods of the different sites. Google has moved from Shibuya, a humming place for young people, to Shinjuku, a suspicious, messy, Yakuza-controlled, but still pretty cool place to hang out (cf. Revealing Coincidences The main Japanese sites are all on the Money line. Sponsor It!

More tools to lengthen tiny URLs To accompany Sunday’s look at Twitter tools that unmask shortened URLs, here are some utilities that reveal the true destination of shortened URLs outside of Twitter. I’ve shortened five URLs, including one YouTube link, with the five URL shorteners that were used the most in tweets within last 24 hours. And here are screenshots of how six tools expanded the links LongURL Mobile Exander This Firefox plugin displays a long URL after holding your mouse over a shortened address for a few seconds. TheRealURL The other tools I tried all require you to visit their site and paste a short URL into a form. PrevURL Untiny ExpandMyURL.com url snoop LongURL This service provided the title of the destination page, a screenshot, and meta information — much more detail than the other tools: Here are some tools that I did not try out: If you want to have fun, try out the aptly named hugeURL and SoCuteUrl.com. To explore more URL lengtheners, bookmark my growing Delicious collection.

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