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Why do we need url shorteners again ? When I see a shortened URL the probabilities of me clicking the link go down to almost zero.
With the proper plugin or javascript, you could see the real link and the public stats hovering over the link (in a tooltip or whatever).
Entering goo.gl should return itself don't you think?
Now can we get a bookmarket? anyone?
faramarz, bookmarklets like http://www.labnol.org/internet/googl-bookmarklet/11871/ should work just fine. To get history/analytics, just login to goo.gl and you're good to go. Instead of a bookmarklet, I prefer to use this Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/iblijlcdoidgdpfk...
I know there's a plethora of URL shorteners these days, and most platform providers (eg: Twitter) are introducing their own so they can harvest analytics themselves. For whatever reason though, I keep trusting Google with all of my most personal information. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing, but I have a feeling this will become my standard URL shortener just as Google Apps has become my standard for email,…
This is a tangent but: how do you invoice customers with Google Apps?
Why do we need url shorteners again ? When I see a shortened URL the probabilities of me clicking the link go down to almost zero.
Matt Cutts explains: http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/goo-gl-url-shortener/ Q: Why are you doing this? A: Google needed a url shortener for its own products where we knew the shortener wouldn’t go away. We also wanted a shortener that we knew would do things the right way (e.g. 301/permanent redirects), and that would be fast, stable, and secure.
I know there's a plethora of URL shorteners these days, and most platform providers (eg: Twitter) are introducing their own so they can harvest analytics themselves. For whatever reason though, I keep trusting Google with all of my most personal information. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing, but I have a feeling this will become my standard URL shortener just as Google Apps has become my standard for email,…
This is a tangent but: how do you invoice customers with Google Apps?
Is it just me, or was I able to "shorten" an already goo.gl shortened url? http://goo.gl/fBUb --> http://goo.gl/Bkmv --> http://news.ycombinator.com They don't want to allow this, do they?
Just out of interest - do the top level DNSs look at the entire address or is Greenland's main internet supplier going to melt under the load of redirecting everything to Google?
My guess is that Greenland can handle the load just fine. :)
Hopefully the ISP's DNS caches goo.gl and doesn't just send it all to root .gl to handle!