Google URL Shortener

A URL shortening service from Google that was launched in 2005. In April 2018, Google announced that new users would no longer be accepted and that service ends March 31, 2019. However, all existing "Goo.gl" links will continue to redirect people to the appropriate URLs. See URL shortening.

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