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Why do we need shorter and shorter URLs? Goo.gl was short enough - is this just because of Twitter's (semi-arbitrary) 140 char limit? In my view, shorteners sh
by evilswan 15y ago
Why do we need shorter and shorter URLs? Goo.gl was short enough - is this just because of Twitter's (semi-arbitrary) 140 char limit?
In my view, shorteners should be for making URLs more manageable, human-readable, paste-able, etc - not for saving space necessarily.
- haberman 15y agoI suggest clicking on the link before asking obvious questions. "Whenever you see a short “g.co” link, you can trust that it will always take you to a Google product or service. We also have a public URL shortener at goo.gl. You can use this to shorten up URLs across the web."
- abraham 15y agoThey reason they are doing this instead of just using goo.gl is g.co will only go to Google products. Anyone can create a goo.gl link and potentially send you to a phishing site.