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Google is shutting down another service

Google is shutting down another service

Google has announced the final shutdown of its shortener service, Google URL Shortener (goo.gl). Enter Galliass.

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Mark E. Chiles
Aug 23, 2024
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Google has announced the final shutdown of its URL shortener service, Google URL Shortener (goo.gl), due to changing internet behaviors and the rise of new URL shortening services. The service, which stopped accepting new URLs in 2018, will cease to function entirely on August 25th, 2025. Existing goo.gl links will start displaying an interstitial page …

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