Google Warns: bit.ly Links Are Unsafe

Google is definitely not a fan. I send a lot of email each month (it's my business) and having bit.ly links in mail is a fast track to Gmail's spam folder or, in some cases, being rejected entirely. (Note: I'm talking bulk mail, not personal mail.)

Re: Google Warns: bit.ly Links Are Unsafe

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Post by DyslexicAtheist » Sat, Oct 25, 2014, 10:00 AM UTC

novium wrote: post #2

Can't this just be bit.ly links to unsafe sites? That dosen't make bit.ly unsafe as a whole.

agree, it's a bit like saying emails from unverified senders are a threat because they may be malicious. true but obvious

Re: Google Warns: bit.ly Links Are Unsafe

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Post by eps » Sat, Oct 25, 2014, 10:01 AM UTC

petercooper wrote: post #4

Google is definitely not a fan. I send a lot of email each month (it's my business) and having bit.ly links in mail is a fast track to Gmail's spam folder or, in some cases, being rejected entirely. (Note: I'm talking bulk mail, not personal mail.)

I hate getting emails with proxied links, bit.ly included, because it's an in-your-face "I want to track you" statement. Never open them and unsubscribe after a couple of strikes. Your audience may be different, but I can't say I disagree with Google junk'ing your emails.

Re: Google Warns: bit.ly Links Are Unsafe

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Post by randunel » Sat, Oct 25, 2014, 10:03 AM UTC

Microsoft could swoop in and solve this :D https://www.noip.com/blog/2014/06/30/ips-formal-statement-mi...

Re: Google Warns: bit.ly Links Are Unsafe

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Post by justincormack » Sat, Oct 25, 2014, 10:08 AM UTC

novium wrote: post #2

Can't this just be bit.ly links to unsafe sites? That dosen't make bit.ly unsafe as a whole.

Yes it does, as you cannot sanely identify what the link is first.

Re: Google Warns: bit.ly Links Are Unsafe

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Post by corobo » Sat, Oct 25, 2014, 10:09 AM UTC

r721 wrote: post #3

longurl.org is awesome to check what is behind a shortened URL. Has an API too: http://longurl.org/api

HTTP has an API for that too, just make a HEAD request to the shortened URL and see where the Location header sends you

Re: Google Warns: bit.ly Links Are Unsafe

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Post by PhasmaFelis » Sat, Oct 25, 2014, 10:15 AM UTC

petercooper wrote: post #4

Google is definitely not a fan. I send a lot of email each month (it's my business) and having bit.ly links in mail is a fast track to Gmail's spam folder or, in some cases, being rejected entirely. (Note: I'm talking bulk mail, not personal mail.)

Why would you use bit.ly links in email?