Google Backtracks On Plans To Deactivate Shortened Goo.gl Links

Google is mostly reversing people connected its plans to discontinue support for each shortened goo.gl URLs connected August 25th. Goo.gl URLS that already show a connection saying that they will beryllium deactivated successful August will still extremity moving — nan institution started showing nan deactivation connection 9 months agone connected URLs that “showed nary activity successful precocious 2024” — but otherwise, “all different goo.gl links will beryllium preserved and will proceed to usability arsenic normal,” Google announced connected Friday.

Google, which stopped letting users make goo.gl URLs in 2019, initially announced nan August 25th deactivation deadline in July 2024. At that time, nan institution said that existing URLs saw “less and little postulation arsenic nan years went on” and that much than 99 percent of nan URLs “had nary activity successful nan past month.” But successful its Friday post, Google said that “we understand these links are embedded successful countless documents, videos, posts and more, and we admit nan input received.”