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Google URL Shortener Opened To the Public
Anonymusing writes "Just what the world needs, another URL shortener, right? Google seems to think so, and it's making its own widely available to anyone — complete with tracking and statistics — for free. As noted on its blog: 'There are many shorteners out there with great features, so some people may wonder whether the world really needs yet another. As we said late last year, we built goo.gl with a focus on quality. With goo.gl, every time you shorten a URL, you know it will work, it will work fast, and it will keep working. You also know that when you click a goo.gl shortened URL, you're protected against malware, phishing and spam using the same industry-leading technology we use in search and other products.' Is bit.ly shaking in its boots?"
Works like a charm!
First goatse.fr goo.gl post!
They do you idiot! RTFA!
They do you idiot! RTFA!
There's a gaping hole in your argument.
I created it less than an hour ago, and it seems to be popular - already 232 clicks. Just remember, its "mill" spelled backwards and the two middle letters upper-cased.
No, you do it like this - which just goes to show that there's literally a gaping hole in their latest product, same as all url shorteners.
They are doing it to make money, egads!!
Here is the real reason.
Thank you
Case in point, Roberto Cavalli bought a custom short URL for his TARGELIE 372S Sunglasses.
I guess that only leaves unpronouncable mumbo-jumbo such as http://goo.gl/X7Cy for us commoners... :-(
who the hell pays for an URL shortener in the first place?
Well, apparently companies such as Roberto Cavalli (sunglasses and other fashion accessories) do: http://goo.gl/372S
I definitely dont want to give out Case Sensitive shortened URLs - Seems wrong fundamentally.
So, just use a pronouncable all caps URL. Of course these are not free, but 50 cents/URL is not exactly expensive either.