Assigning a unique short url to the passed long url. The short url will consist of 8 random characters. Redirecting to the original url when loading the short url. At ...

Shorten URLs: Convert any valid long URL into a unique, short link. Redirects: Automatically redirects short links to their original destination. Click Tracking: Tracks the number of times each short ...

Back in September 2010, Google gave the world its free URL shortening service, using the goo.gl domain address. Yesterday afternoon, the company released an API for the service allowing developers to ...

Google this week launched an API intended to enhance the company’s URL shortener. The company rolled out the Google URL shortener in September, but it lacked an API to integrate the shortener into ...

Just a quick note, because we know how much you love APIs: Google has opened its URL shortening service to third party developers. That's right -- not only can you use Goo.gl to generate QR codes, but ...

Shortening URLs has become a necessity in this age of Twitter and limited-character status updates. It not only allows us to cram more words into our oh-so-important Twitter statuses, but it also ...

☕ Do you like it? ️ Support the editorial team and invite the PR agent for a coffee... Short URL services will remain an integral part of the digital world in 2025. They offer decisive advantages, ...

Two security researchers have published research exposing the potential privacy problems connected to using Web address shortening services. When used to share data protected by credentials included ...