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Google Is Cutting Off Its Shortened goo.gl Links for Good
GLOBAL, AUG 25 – Google will end support for goo.gl links due to 99% inactivity, rendering billions of URLs obsolete and urging users to switch to alternative shorteners before August 25.
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Well, Google is going to kill goo.gl in a month and it's less than 4 billion links are going to go in smoke. Snif... You know, I've been saying that I don't have to use these services for the long term. I've even had heated discussions with internet users who thought I was paranoid. But nooooon, Google isn't going to close this, everyone is using it! Hey, here we are. That's exactly why I took my own kbn.im domain because at least I control my s…
Google’s goo.gl link shortener is going away
Google has confirmed that all remaining links created with its legacy URL shortening service, goo.gl, will be permanently deactivated next month. As of August 25th, 2025, any link in the https://goo.gl/* format will cease to function and will instead return a 404 error page. The company officially closed the goo.gl service to new users back in 2019, but allowed existing links to continue working. However, in a July 2024 blog post, Google announc…
Shortened Goo.gl Links Will Stop Working from August 25
Google URL Shortener has become a highly popular tool over the years. It essentially allows you to take long URLs and squeeze them into concise links which are easier to share on other platforms. However, the platform’s deprecation was announced by the company back in 2018. Last year, the company announced that links shortened by the Google URL Shortener would soon no longer incite a response. This change is finally taking place next month.
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