Artwork: Chip Taylor The Google URL shortening service Goo.gl, that allows you to transform long Web addresses into short easy to remember links, was opened to the public Friday. With the introduction ...

I’m not sure whether this is common knowledge or not, but I didn’t know so there’s bound to be at least a few of you who don’t too. To check analytics (clicks, browser, location, referrers) on a ...

Now Google is officially retiring its long running URL shortening service. From next month, starting August 25, 2025, any link using the “https://goo.gl/” format will stop working. Instead of ...

Chrome: The Goo.gl URL Shortener Extension adds a button to your Chrome toolbar that brings one-click URL shortening via Google's super-speedy and reliable URL shortener, goo.gl. It's simply to use: ...

Google gave its URL shortening service goo.gl a standalone site on Thursday, allowing users to input and shorten links. The service allows users to take any link and transform it into a shorter goo.gl ...

Google's URL shortening service, goo.gl, has added an API, giving third-party developers a way to integrate the service into their own apps. The new API means Twitter clients and other apps that use ...

Google announced today that links created using its goo.gl URL shortening service will direct users to the appropriate deep linked Android app, iOS app or site. That’s good news for developers who ...

Maybe it started as a joke, “What the world needs is another URL shortening service!” said as though we didn’t have enough already. Then, someone at Google heard the joke, took it seriously, committed ...

Goo.gl, the URL shortening service launched by Google in late 2010, isn't quite as convenient to use as bit.ly or its ilk, but it's getting there. The service now offers easier clipboard copying, ...

Google is ending support for the goo.gl URL shortening service, the Internet giant announced Friday. Google’s Michael Hermanto said that starting April 13, anyone who had not used goo.gl before March ...

Google’s URL shortener just opened up to the public, with a standalone site. Launched last December, Google’s Bit.ly competitor, Goo.gl can now be used for any links on the web. And Google promises ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Google announced today that its URL shortening service, goo.gl, will be shutting down starting in April. Existing links will ...