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Is it just me, or was I able to "shorten" an already goo.gl shortened url? http://goo.gl/fBUb http://goo.gl/fBUb --> http://goo.gl/Bkmv http://goo.gl/Bkmv -

by walkon 16y ago

Is it just me, or was I able to "shorten" an already goo.gl shortened url? http://goo.gl/fBUb http://goo.gl/fBUb --> http://goo.gl/Bkmv http://goo.gl/Bkmv --> http://news.ycombinator.com http://news.ycombinator.com They don't want to allow this, do they?

mjallday 16y ago
They do if they want to be able to track clicks on your copy of that URL distinctly from my copy of that URL.
brown9-2 16y ago
I had no problem creating links about five layers deep: http://goo.gl/87bM http://goo.gl/87bM --> http://goo.gl/4P9R http://goo.gl/4P9R http://goo.gl/4P9R http://goo.gl/4P9R --> http://goo.gl/7W5A http://goo.gl/7W5A http://goo.gl/7W5A http://goo.gl/7W5A --> http://goo.gl/Wcsa http://goo.gl/Wcsa http://goo.gl/Wcsa http://goo.gl/Wcsa --> http://goo.gl/qzcb http://goo.gl/qzcb http://goo.gl/qzcb http://goo.gl/qzcb --> http://goo.gl/ http://goo.gl/
- simonsarris 16y ago
  Amusingly, I clicked the first link which took me to goo.gl, and closed the window to see every one of your links turn 'visited', giving me instant confirmation that I did indeed visit each (in spite of there being nothing in the back-history)