Using the URL redirection module "r" to make a shorter URL
Using Jamroom
Perfectly valid use for the redirection module. Well done.
We use it for URL's that might change. So for something like "Recommended Hosting", currently it is company X but if they start to suck and need to be changed to company Y we can update all locations everywhere via one location.
This strategy is particularly useful if you publish things like PDF's. With a PDF, if you put a link in it you can not change the location later on. So if you had a pdf with a link to your recommended hosting company and that destination changed, its still the old destination in all of the PDF's.
1. yes, it receives the incoming link, records the date it was clicked, increments the click count and sends them on to anywhere.
2. yes, purpose is you maintain control of that link and can collect data on its usage.
3. sure.
4. maybe one of the link shortener services could make even shorter links if they were required.
eg:
https://is.gd