At Last, Google URL Shortener Opens to Public (and Goo.gl Extensions for Your Browsers) | LiewCF.com

At Last, Google URL Shortener Opens to Public (and Goo.gl Extensions for Your Browsers) | LiewCF.com

At Last, Google URL Shortener Opens to Public (and Goo.gl Extensions for Your Browsers)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:54 AM PDT


Google URL Shortener

At last, Google URL shortner (goo.gl) is open to public. It has been around for some time but not easily accessible by public.

Now you can visit http://goo.gl and paste your long URL to get the shorten URL in the format: http://goo.gl/blahblah

Goo.gl will remember the short URL generated and provide you a simple report such as clicks, referrers, and visitor profile (countries, browsers, platforms).

By the way, Google URL shortner also generate a QR Code for your shorten URL so that you can scan and input the URL into your supported mobile devices (e.g. Android phones).

Why use Google URL shortener? Because it is stable, fast, secure and Google! According to watchmouse’s report, goog.gl has 100% (almost) uptime and best performance among other URL shorteners.

The generated shorten URLs will never expired and cannot be deleted.

Goo.gl extension for your web browser

Here are the Google URL shortener extension suggestions for your browser:

My two cents

Glad that Google finally make it easy to use goo.gl but API only coming later. We need more developers to apply the URL shortener service in their software. And, WordPress plugin please?

Which URL shortener do you use most? Why? Will you switch to goo.gl?