Google URL Shortener

I have just discovered the new Google URL Shortener.

Free, and works great.

http://goo.gl/

-- Jens

 

yup, its been out for sometime,
looks like bit.ly is still the de facto currently though

 

looks like something pretty coool. I'll check it out

 

yes, Google URL Shortener is a very good service. Google offers reporting and redirect pretty fast and free. I use it for my messages on twitter.

 

I use Bit.ly and love it.....i have no reason to switch. Google trys to put their hands into everything and they really have only succeeded primarily in gmail, search and owning youtube....but we'll see.

-C

 

Nice thing found by google and useful

 

i usually use bit.ly for url shorten

 

I'll check it out, it's look interesting..

 

I still love bit.ly for url shortener....first time heard about google url shortener...

 

Watch out because your stats are public if you use the goo.gl url shortener.. Just add '.home' after any link

 

Here is a very interesting test for the speed of Goo.gl URL Shortener.

http://royal.pingdom.com/2010/10/29/is-goo-gl-really-the-fastest-url-shortener-chart/

 

That's a pretty neat article actually, it shows that goo.gl is far the best one out there.. but I still will be concerned about the privacy

 

Goo.gl has been launch a few weeks back if Im not mistaken. I have not tried it yet but Im pretty sure that because it is from Google then maybe it is worth checking them out.

 

In this case google just copycats, just duplicated bit.ly

 

Yes, like other networking sites Google too make it live for past one or two months. Previously it was live with Google toolbar share.

 

nice didn't know that short url

 

why should i use Google URL Shorten
i use bit.my to shorten url and its pretty good
no reason to switch to Google Url shorten

 

how should we shorten it. The generated urls from this service as very difficult to remember?

 

yes ,this is so good , and i always use bit.ly before

 

Privacy is an issue with google and bit.ly both. If you add a + sign after the bit.ly shortened link, then anybody can see the links stats.
I wish there was more control on this at the time of creating the cloaked links