The link-shortening service dates back to 2009 and was scheduled for permanent deletion this month. However, to prevent widespread 'link rot,' Google says it will 'preserve actively used links.' ...

We've been bracing for the eventual demise of Google's shortened goo.gl links since last year now. The tech giant's dedicated link shortener was sunseted back in 2019, but existing links have since ...

Google announced that they will continue to support some links created by the deprecated goo.gl URL shortening service, saying that 99% of the shortened URLs receive no traffic. They were previously ...

After originally planning to have all goo.gl URLs stop working later this month, Google will now “preserve actively used links.” In July of 2024, Google said all existing goo.gl links would stop ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...