If more of these sites fail for any reason or get hacked, the web could turn into link bedlam.

Millions upon millions of links could suddenly vanish, leaving users confused and a possibly uncleanable mess, says Parr.How Big is the Problem Really? Or perhaps were sensationalizing this a little bit. Theres no question that there are many, many shortened URLs out there in circulation, but if they all stopped working, what would happen?