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Google URL Shortener Opened To the Public

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the we-can-do-that-too dept.

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?"

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  1. complete with tracking and statistics by Galestar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As in, one more place where Google gets to track you and make you a statistic.

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    1. Re:complete with tracking and statistics by tomhudson · · Score: 5, Funny

      The best one? try cr4p - it links to Facebook. Easy to remember, and pretty descriptive.

    2. Re:complete with tracking and statistics by HybridST · · Score: 5, Funny

      I got a rock...

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  2. Who? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is bit.ly shaking in its boots?

    Dunno, I've never heard of them before. Should I have?

  3. Chop off two letters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    g.gl, get to it google engineers. Short as hell.

  4. Keep working? by Leebert · · Score: 5, Interesting

    and it will keep working

    Like Wave, right?

  5. Re:TinyURL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I just hazarded a guess and appended a + to a goo.gl url (since that's the syntax bit.ly uses) and lo and behold, it took me to the info page for the url.