Google’s goo․gl links will stop working in August 2025
After Google stopped generating new goo.gl URLs in March of 2019, those links will stop working on August 25, 2025.
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[Update: goo.gl is dead] Google ‘Spring Cleaning’ kills off Inbox, Google+, more in the next few weeks
Google is notorious at this point for killing off products seemingly for no reason. Sometimes it’s a shame, other times it goes nearly unnoticed. In the next few weeks, though, Google is preparing to kill off quite a few beloved products including Inbox by Gmail, Google+, Allo, and its URL shortener.
Here’s a calendar of what’s coming and what’s being killed with Google’s “Spring Cleaning.”
These are the best alternatives to Google’s goo.gl URL shortener
Google has announced that it has begun shutting down its URL shortener goo.gl. Here are the best alternatives to that let you shorten your links as well as track different types of data…
Google shutting down goo.gl URL shortener next year, existing links will keep working
The goo.gl link is very common on the web and was first launched by Google in 2009. However, the company announced today that it’s winding down the URL Shortener beginning next month, with a complete deprecation by next year. Fortunately, existing links will continue to work.
Goo.gl short links can now link to apps that a user has installed
We told you this morning that Google is now rolling out iOS app indexing in search, but now the Mountain View company has come out to make another, related, announcement. As of today, goo.gl short links can now work as a single smart link to your content, capable of sending users to your Android app, iOS app, or your website…
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