Change of strategy. In 2018, Google had announced that I wanted to put an end to Goo.gl, its URL shortcut system that allows you to obtain a much shorter link to connect to a website.
If the tool was very popular in the 2000s, many of these directions have fallen into oblivion. According to the technological giant, more than 99% of Goo.gl links showed no activity in June 2024.
Therefore, the service date had been established for August 25. Which makes more than 3.6 billion links ineffective … and arouses the discomfort of many Internet users. But Turnaround: The company finally decided to change their mind.
“Preserve actively used links”
Therefore, certain links will continue to function, if they still have some traffic. The others will be disabled since August 25. To find out if a link will stop working, simply click on the latter.
“If you receive a message that indicates that this link will no longer work in the near future”, the link will no longer work after August 25 and we recommend that you go to another URL shortcut if it has not yet done it, “said the firm. Google did not specify how many links will be affected.
Several other free services allow to shorten the links. Among them, Tinyurl, Bitly, Urlz or Cuttly.
Source: BFM TV
