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Author:  pcernie [ Tue Dec 15, 2009 1:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Google starts shrinking URLs
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/354121/goog ... nking-urls

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Unlike those previously mentioned services, Goo.gl will not be offered as a standalone link shrinker. Instead it will initially be built into Google's products, beginning with the company's browser toolbar and its Feedburner RSS service.


Handy for me potentially :D
Author:  forquare1 [ Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Google starts shrinking URLs
Apart from Twitter where every character counts, why does anyone need to shorten URL's? In most situations (forums/emails) it could be counted as a risk, you have no idea where this link is going to take you...
Author:  pcernie [ Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Google starts shrinking URLs
forquare1 wrote:
Apart from Twitter where every character counts, why does anyone need to shorten URL's? In most situations (forums/emails) it could be counted as a risk, you have no idea where this link is going to take you...


The Google ones are going to be checked against their own data apparently, but every so often you come across a site that'll stretch the page cos of a URL, or linking to it doesn't work the way it should for whatever reason etc... I'm ignorant of the overall process I should point out ;)
Author:  timark_uk [ Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Google starts shrinking URLs
Sometimes Wikipedia URLs can't be shrunk because there's punctuation in it that isn't correctly recognised by the phpBB clicky creating code.

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