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 ...

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 ...

March 14, 2011 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Chrome: The Goo.gl URL Shortener Extension adds a button to your Chrome toolbar that brings one-click URL ...

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 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 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 ...

Google had planned to shut down its own URL shortener for good at the end of August 2025, meaning that Internet addresses abbreviated with goo.gl will no longer work. However, around three weeks ...

Given the rapid proliferation of URL-shortening services of late, it was only a matter of time before Google got into the game. Now the company has debuted its own URL-shortening service at the new ...

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 ...