The Web is getting smaller

There has recently been a surge in tools designed to make the Web a little smaller, in a sense:

1. TinyUrl - This tool has actually been around for a while, but only recently has it been catching on. It allows you to create a small URL that is more manageable when emailing friends, posting on Facebook, etc.
   

   http://www.example.com/my/very/long/url  -->  http://tinyurl.com/2
   

   
   Update: urlBorg and the spanking new bit.ly are similar services that offer even more functionality.
   


2. LinkBunch - The same thing as TinyUrl except your link resolves to one or more URLs.
   

   http://www.example.com/link1
   http://www.example.com/link2   -->  http://linkbun.ch/abc
   http://www.example.com/link3
   



3. Tinydb - Stores a small amount of information that can be accessed from a tiny URL.
   

   http://tinydb.org/_write?name=mccown&topic=small+web
   --> Puts key/value pairs into the database
   
   http://tinydb.org/1ct?_f=xml  -->  Returns XML-formatted results:
   
   <xml_data>
   <url>None<url>
   <topic>small web<topic>
   <tinydb_id>1ct<tinydb_id>
   <name>mccown<name>
   <created>2008-07-02 14:57:36.657199<created>
   <xml_data>