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> land grab by google If anyone else was confused by this, I believe it is in reference to http://goo.gl http://goo.gl I had not heard of that project until j
by mattlanger 17y ago
> land grab by google
If anyone else was confused by this, I believe it is in reference to http://goo.gl http://goo.gl
I had not heard of that project until just now. It's nice to see they're giving it some thought rather than just slapping something together, but I'd love to see "longevity" added to the project goals.
- seldo 17y agoThey might join something like http://301works.org http://301works.org, which aims to archive short URLs even after the company goes away. Although I'm not sure why people are so terrified of short links breaking; long URLs are constantly disappearing.
- snprbob86 17y agoLong URLs constantly disappear, but only one root at a time. If Wikipedia disappeared tomorrow, all the Wikipedia links would break, but URL shorteners consolidate roots. If bit.ly disappeared tomorrow, it's not just one site that is affected. Furthermore, the use of a redirect breaks traditional mirroring systems. You can't just prepend somemirror.com to the path and expect it to work.