Version 21

Bug fixes

• Fix URL validation
• improve URL categorization
  

Version 20

Improvements

• optimize all images
• optimize back-end to perform all security checks faster
• extensive monitoring to prevent any down time
  

Version 19

Improvements

• simplify the front page
• screen shots are now provided by thumbalizr.com
• refresh the FAQ
  

Vesion 18

New features/Improvements

• change the frontpage image to avoid confusions
• you can enter a partial URL: www.google.com instead of http://www.google.com/
• you can lookup a short link by its code (1r) instead of the full URL (http://safe.mn/1r/)
• FAQ: add the section Why do I and my visitors need secure short links?
  

Version 17

New features

• display a warning if a URL result in more than 5 redirections., This very likely a spam.

Bug fixes

• enable cookies to avoid a redirection loop with some websites
  

Version 16

New features

• display statistics about domain and country referrers
  

Version 15

New features

• added a Python library to shorten and expand URLs
  

Bug fixes

• do not shorten Safe.mn short links!
  

Version 14

Bug fixes

• make the Copy button work with Flash 10 (Thanks to Richard)
• use a + (plus) instead of . (dot) in short URLs. Existing short links with a . still work.
• fix daily dump of all short links
  

Version 13

New features

• warn about links to a local or private IP address
  

Bug fixes

• allow URLs including an IP address to be shortened
  

Version 12

New features

• since the list of categories is updated daily, all URLs are checked again daily
  

Version 11

New features

• release the data under the Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License (less restrictive than the previous CC license)
  

Version 10

New features

• Add monitoring script to ensure a high quality of service
  

Bug fixes

• remove sources that misqualified some domains such as youtube.com and blogspot.com. All wrong classifications have been fixed
  

Version 9

New features

• script to add a short Safe.mn link on each page of your website
  

Version 8

New features/Improvements

• speed up the detection of the URL category
• add more sources to detect malicious sites
• detect spam URLs
  

Version 8

New features

• expand the list of dangerous file types
  

Version 7

New features

• 2 PHP libraries
  
• Press information
  

Version 6

Bug fixes

• fix race condition that resulted in mis-categorization. All existing URLs have been correctly re-classified
  

Version 5

Bug fixes

• ensure the list of categories is updated daily
• Output strict JSON and JSONP
  

Version 4

New features

• rewrite CSS from scratch
• use syntax highlighting when displaying code
  

Version 3

New features

• create a monthly and yearly Zip archive of the URLs
• get URL information by appending /i: http://safe/1/i
• remove content from the front page (thanks for the feedback)
  

Version 2 - Official launch

New features

• add uservoice forum to engage with users
  
• add "Is it unsafe to release publicly the list of shortened URLs?" to the FAQ
• add a smaller iframe widget

Bug fixes

• correct text throughout the site (spelling mistakes, grammar, etc.)
• fix dangerous ActiveX check
• fix the iGoogle widget for smaller resolutions
  

Version 1 - Pre-Launch

• all security features are enabled
• very basic URL statistics
• API to shorten and expand URLs only
• partial FAQ