Google brings its own URL Shortener Goo.gl

by Aditya on December 15, 2009 · 0 comments

URL shorteners are widely used for sharing links on social media websites like Twitter and FaceBook. Hundreds of thousands of shortened URLs are shared everyday and to leverage this area of social media sharing, Google has finally brought its own URL shortening service by the name of Goo.gl.

As of now, Goo.gl is only available for Google products – Google toolbar and FeedBurner. Both of these services can now create shortened URL (using Goo.gl) that links to the content source.

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With the launch of Goo.gl, Google has already entered into a competition with pre-existing giants of the service, namely bit.ly and tinyurl.com. Currently, it is limited to only two Google products but chances are that sooner or later it will be integrated in YouTube, Blogger, Google Maps and Google Reader’s sharing feature.

Go Goo.gl

About Aditya: Aditya is a 16 year old online entrepreneur living in India. He is the founder and editor of Tech Ravings, a blog sharing latest apps and services from the tech world.Get more from Aditya on Twitter.

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Aditya December 15, 2009 at 8:19 am

Web News: Google brings its own URL Shortener Goo.gl – http://bit.ly/71M4s4 | #google #web #links

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Swagat Sen December 15, 2009 at 9:34 am

RT @anddjournal: Web News: Google brings its own URL Shortener Goo.gl – http://bit.ly/71M4s4 | #google #web #links

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