URL Links through Desktop App Texting

It works very well on our account.  I can send and receive links in either direction.  Can you better describe your problem?  How are you entering your URL's?

I was curious so I just tried this myself and it worked fine.  Where are you having trouble?  Here is my example sent from RC Desktop app and received on Google voice:

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Thanks for the responses. 1st, I copied/pasted my link into bitly then copied & pasted the bitly address and tried to send a text message to my cell phone through the online app. On the desktop, it looked like it went through, but the message never got sent to my cell phone. I also want to know if I can send a picture from the app to the phone. If yes, how to do it. 

I've been looking at this and found that I can't use Bitly for some reason. However, I was able to use TinyUrl, so it solved my problems. Thank you for giving the suggestions.

I've had this same issue for weeks, anytime I send someone a link to review our business. HIGHLY ANNOYING

I tried using tiny.cc and that doesn't seem to work either. It would be really great if these limitations didn't exist.