These days Google is on fly, in at most every 15 days we see Google’s new service, till now we have seen Google Chrome OS which was a big leap in Software Market by Google, then the world saw Google’s interest in DNS by launching its own Google DNS Service which is really very fast. Not only this Chrome Beta 4 and just after that Google had launched its Chrome Extension Gallery.
Now Google has launched its new service for shortening URL called Google URL Shortener. Google URL Shortener at goo.gl is a service that takes long URLs and squeezes them into fewer characters to make a link that is easier to share, tweet, or email to friends.
Google claims that there service is more Stable, Secure and Fast, have a look at what they said at their launch page.
The core goals of this service are:
Stability – ensuring that the service has very good uptime
Security – protecting users from malware and phishing pages
Speed – fast resolution of short URLs
Note: Google URL Shortener is currently available for Google products only. If you want to give it a test then you have to use Google Toolbar or FeedBurner.
It seems better than tinyurl, it produces shorter urls.
As an example, I shortened one of my posts using google and tinyurl:
http://www.petermoss.com/post/70-562-ASPNET-exam-cleared!!!-What-a-relief.aspx
http://tinyurl.com/y9axola
http://goo.gl/CofK
Tinyurl – 7 characters
Google – 4 characters
Very impressive.
Peter
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Until now tinurl and bit.ly were my favorites. Didn’t know that Google has launched their own URl shortner. Thanks a lot for the info
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