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Goo.gl Is A Go. The Most Secure And Fastest URL Shortener On The Web

36 points by lotusleaf1987 16y ago

VMG 16y ago
Yay finally. I have to say I trust google more than bit.ly (how do they make money?) Here is a shortened link to the article http://goo.gl/BHTx http://goo.gl/BHTx - stats page: http://goo.gl/info/BHTx http://goo.gl/info/BHTx
- benatkin 16y ago
  bit.ly has smart people working for them, outstanding investors, and can pivot if needed. They're building up lots of analytics tools. They have pro accounts, and custom shorteners. http://bit.ly/pages/about http://bit.ly/pages/about http://bit.ly/pages/pro http://bit.ly/pages/pro I think bit.ly is pretty secure. They're in a different ballgame than the tiny ones.
- chris24 16y ago
  Following bit.ly's convention, you can also just add a plus sign to the end of the URL to get sent to the stats page: http://goo.gl/BHTx+ http://goo.gl/BHTx+
robertg 16y ago
wow... and I get the stats linked to my Google account. Very nice.
aresant 16y ago
Two things: a) Always better to copy / paste article titles to HN. Without the quotes it sounds like "most secure, fastest" is TechCrunch's review of the URL shortner. It's not, that line is a quote directly from Google's press release. b) Regurgitating Google's press release with a half paragraph objective view at the end is content farming - TechCrunch should sell out to AOL! Oh wait.
werftgh 16y ago
" You also know that when you click a goo.gl shortened URL, you’re protected against malware, phishing and spam" So if I send you a goo.gl link to goat.cx does Google stop that? What if you wanted to see goat.cx ?
- jusob 16y ago
  Hopefully they do like safe.mn: warn user, but let them go to the site if they know what they are doing. http://safe.mn/NVr http://safe.mn/NVr
  - jrockway 16y ago
    Not clicking that.
    - wwortiz 16y ago
      If you do you just get: The link may not be safe Safe.mn Safe.mn is a URL shortener service: we transform long URLs into short ones. Before Safe.mn redirects visitors to the long URL, we ensure the final destination is safe. We have found the following potential problems with the website: Questionable content: Adult and then a link to the site.
amazingman 16y ago
The more Google does, the less I trust them.
- Groxx 16y ago
  Yes. Fight The Man because they keep doing things. We must stop that kind of reckless behavior.
adrianwaj 16y ago
To make it even faster, they should get an alternative 3-letter domain to act as an alternative, like how j.mp woks with bit.ly.
ashitvora 16y ago
Google doesn't have API for URL shortner. Do they? Also, I doubt if applications already using bit.ly will switch to Google's one soon.
mfukar 16y ago
"The Most Secure..." Challenge, accepted.
drdaeman 16y ago
Still, the shortest and fanciest name (in my opinion, of course) is bit.ly's http://j.mp/ http://j.mp/ :)

36 points by lotusleaf1987 16y ago

VMG 16y ago

Yay finally. I have to say I trust google more than bit.ly (how do they make money?) Here is a shortened link to the article http://goo.gl/BHTx http://goo.gl/BHTx - stats page: http://goo.gl/info/BHTx http://goo.gl/info/BHTx

benatkin 16y ago
bit.ly has smart people working for them, outstanding investors, and can pivot if needed. They're building up lots of analytics tools. They have pro accounts, and custom shorteners. http://bit.ly/pages/about http://bit.ly/pages/about http://bit.ly/pages/pro http://bit.ly/pages/pro I think bit.ly is pretty secure. They're in a different ballgame than the tiny ones.
chris24 16y ago
Following bit.ly's convention, you can also just add a plus sign to the end of the URL to get sent to the stats page: http://goo.gl/BHTx+ http://goo.gl/BHTx+

robertg 16y ago

wow... and I get the stats linked to my Google account. Very nice.

aresant 16y ago

Two things: a) Always better to copy / paste article titles to HN. Without the quotes it sounds like "most secure, fastest" is TechCrunch's review of the URL shortner. It's not, that line is a quote directly from Google's press release. b) Regurgitating Google's press release with a half paragraph objective view at the end is content farming - TechCrunch should sell out to AOL! Oh wait.

werftgh 16y ago

" You also know that when you click a goo.gl shortened URL, you’re protected against malware, phishing and spam" So if I send you a goo.gl link to goat.cx does Google stop that? What if you wanted to see goat.cx ?

jusob 16y ago
Hopefully they do like safe.mn: warn user, but let them go to the site if they know what they are doing. http://safe.mn/NVr http://safe.mn/NVr
- jrockway 16y ago
  Not clicking that.
  - wwortiz 16y ago
    If you do you just get: The link may not be safe Safe.mn Safe.mn is a URL shortener service: we transform long URLs into short ones. Before Safe.mn redirects visitors to the long URL, we ensure the final destination is safe. We have found the following potential problems with the website: Questionable content: Adult and then a link to the site.

amazingman 16y ago

The more Google does, the less I trust them.

Groxx 16y ago
Yes. Fight The Man because they keep doing things. We must stop that kind of reckless behavior.

adrianwaj 16y ago

To make it even faster, they should get an alternative 3-letter domain to act as an alternative, like how j.mp woks with bit.ly.

ashitvora 16y ago

Google doesn't have API for URL shortner. Do they? Also, I doubt if applications already using bit.ly will switch to Google's one soon.

mfukar 16y ago

"The Most Secure..." Challenge, accepted.

drdaeman 16y ago

Still, the shortest and fanciest name (in my opinion, of course) is bit.ly's http://j.mp/ http://j.mp/ :)