Want more from your favorite URL shorteners? What about the ability to password protect your shortened URLs? Yes, now you can do that with the help of 2pl.us (or 2plus), a new URL shortening service? Simple add a password while converting a link and your shortened URL is now password protected. What you think about it? Cool way to share your private links?

URL shorteners always helps when you want to share a link with your friends and family via social networking or social messaging sites. They are helpful specially when you are using a service with a limit on the numbers of characters you can have in your message. For example, Twitter. URL shortening services also makes it easier for affiliates and bloggers to hide their affiliate links. I am sure that you are using at least one of those services available online today.

Like other similar services, 2pl.us turns your long and ugly URLs into short and catchy links. Just for this feature only you may not want to use it! That’s why 2pl.us comes with a password protection feature that will enable you to add password to your shortened URLs. It will help you when you want to share a private link with your friends and family. It will also protect you from random browsers who loves to check that’s there in the other end of a shortened URL!

How to use 2pl.us? Visit their site (http://2pl.us) and open the advanced options.Enter the URL that you want to shorten, assign a password to it and hit the ‘Shorten’ button. Now you will have the shortened link, protected by a password. When people visits that link, they will be asked to enter the password to view the URL. Share your password via other mediums like email and allow your friends to view the link you wanted to share. 2plus also have URL preview feature. Add an exclamation mark (!) at the end of the link and one can easily see the original link before actual redirection. For example: http://2pl.us/6W! will show you that the link actually redirects to http://www.earnblogger.com.