Options +FollowSymLinks
Options +Indexes
RewriteEngine On

## using www for url shortener domain is bad idea :D

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule (.*) index.php?v=$1 [QSA,L]