Google Backtracks On Plans For URL Shortener Service

Google announced that they will continue to support some links created by the deprecated goo.gl URL shortening service, saying that 99% of the shortened URLs receive no traffic. They were previously going to end support entirely, but after receiving feedback, they decided to continue support for a limited group of shortened URLs.

Google URL Shortener

Google announced in 2018 that they were deprecating the Google URL Shortener, no longer accepting new URLs for shortening but continuing to support existing URLs. Seven years later, they noticed that 99%…