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goo.gl has been around for quite a while. Is there something new I don't see here? Edit: Ah, its website is just new. Here the original post: http://googlesoci

goo.gl has been around for quite a while. Is there something new I don't see here? Edit: Ah, its website is just new. Here the original post: http://googlesocialweb.blogspot.com/2010/09/google-url-shortener-gets-website.html http://googlesocialweb.blogspot.com/2010/09/google-url-short... There was already a Chrome extension since the beginning.

netaddict 16y ago
Earlier they did not offer custom URL shortening. goo.gl was used by Google services like Reader, YouTube but it was not open to public.
- albertzeyer 16y ago
  Hm but with that Chrome extension, it worked. So I guess there was an open API already.
  - JeremyBanks 16y ago
    The Chrome extension reverse-engineered the API from the Google toolbar, it wasn't officially released.