The microblogging site twitter on last tuesday announced what its user were longing for a long time, Its automatic URL shortening service as t.co . Many of the site user complained about its 140 character cap limit that often prevents entering long URLs.

Announcing the new feature on its blog the company said, “Today, we’re releasing something that many of you have been asking for – automatic link shortening on Twitter.com.”

As to how it will work? “Just paste a link of any length into the Tweet box on Twitter.com. After you’ve composed your Tweet and you hit the “Tweet” button, we’ll shorten the link so that it only takes up 19 characters,” said the company in the blog.

Once  posted, the link will get a t.co link ID, but it will appear as a shortened version of the original URL so people know the site to which they are navigating.

As for the users who want analytics for their links? “You can continue to use your favorite third-party link shortening services,” says the company.