Sometimes ago, very few people knew about URL shorteners. But, as the use of twitter has gone up, many people have started using them. Twitter allows messages of less than 140 words only. Hence, if you have to give a URL link in your message, URL shorteners come to your help.
There are lots of URL shorteners on the web right now. bit.ly and tinyurl.com are the better known of them along with Google’s goo.gl. Google launched its URL shortener back in 2009 and now it is giving a tough competition to other URL shorteners. Today goo.gl has announced a number of new features which will make it more convenient to use. Here is the list:
- Copy to Clipboard
- Remove from Dashboard
- Spam Reporting
When you create a new shortened URL on goo.gl, it will get automatically highlighted. So that when you hit Ctrl+C, it will get copied right away. Not a path-breaking feature as such, but still it’s very useful.
As you create more and more shortened URLs, they add up to your dashboard. Hence, it can become cluttered. But, now you can remove the unwanted URLs from your dashboard. But, be sure to remove only unwanted URLs, otherwise you won’t be able to see the analytics about the removed URLs.
Many people use URL shorteners to lead users to the spam sites. Hence, Google has set up a spam report. If you find any spam goo.gl short URL, you can report it here.
URL shorteners are often accused of increasing latency and point of failure on web. But, Google has said that it will continue to focus on making goo.gl one of the fastest and most reliable URL shorteners on the web. Also it will ensure that it adds minimal latency to the user experience.
