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Strange... : I clicked in the above url. Then I copied the resulting url (http://www.magicbeef.com/ http://www.magicbeef.com/) After pasting it in google serv
by raphar 16y ago
Strange... :
I clicked in the above url.
Then I copied the resulting url (http://www.magicbeef.com/ http://www.magicbeef.com/)
After pasting it in google service, it produced a different short url: http://goo.gl/YH1c http://goo.gl/YH1c
I first assumed that every destination would render an unique short url, but thats not the case.
This way google knows the full stats of http://www.magicbeef.com/ http://www.magicbeef.com/. But you can only know the real stats if you know ALL the short urls pointing to it. :)
EDIT: I my short url stats page theres a notice:
"119 total clicks on all goo.gl short URLs pointing to this long URL"
EDIT: Notice the browser stats of the link (http://goo.gl/info/Jvhu http://goo.gl/info/Jvhu) Almost NO IE. Also less than a half windows.
- netaddict 16y agoI wonder if Google has an API to get all stats or an API to get all short links pointing to a URL. PS: That means there is still atleast one HNer using internet explorer.
- kelnos 16y agoProbably because of the analytics -- if you create a short URL and post it somewhere, you want to know how many people (etc.) clicked your link, not how many people clicked any link that goes to the same place through the shortener.