Can you hyperlink text in twitter

Warrior Warrior Not sure what the question is. What do you want the hyperlink to do? Open a webpage in Safari? Open an app on the iPhone?

Post a link to Twitter? Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Daniel Daniel Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. The microblogging service Twitter allows you to publish short messages of no more than characters.

These messages are ideal for sending out quick thoughts or news updates; if you want to include more in-depth information in a tweet, however, you'll need to add a hyperlink to an external site to your message.

Since a URL can take up a large portion of the characters that Twitter allows, the service automatically shortens hyperlinks that you include in a tweet to a maximum of 19 characters. If you have the URL open in a Web browser, highlight it, press "Ctrl" and "C" simultaneously, then click inside the Twitter text box and press "Ctrl" and "V" at the same time. You can click the "Continue" button, but you should double check the link you are trying to share, as it may be a spam or phishing website.

Sharing such links could result in suspension of your Twitter account. Click on the "Profile" tab at the top of the window. Your last tweet will appear at the top of your tweets. The link will appear as you pasted it, but shortened with three periods, such as "www. Hover your mouse over the link. Look for a link from one of your friends that uses any link shortening service such as bit.