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Google’s shortened links will stop working next year (www.theverge.com)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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#killedbygoogle

  • Google's URL shortening service goo.gl links will stop working on August 25th, 2025, resulting in 404 errors.
  • Starting August 23rd, 2024, goo.gl links will show an interstitial page warning users of the upcoming shutdown.
  • Google initially suggested migrating to Firebase Dynamic Links (FDL), which has also since been deprecated.
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[–] [email protected] 38 points 5 months ago (3 children)

If they just released the db, I think there are be many who'd be happy to host the service. But knowing Google, they probably won't do shit.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

That could probably cause more trouble that it’s worth.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The Internet Archive could archive them forever.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Archiveteam has had a project trying to archive all of them they've seen for a few years now. https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/URLTeam

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How would that work if Google could the domain? Or are you saying they'd release the domain as well?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

I don't expect that. It should be trivial to have a redirect addon.