All goo.gl links will be unresponsive after August 25th, 2025.

#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.
  • Prison Mike@links.hackliberty.orgEnglish
    431·
    4 months ago

    Good! Sick of link shorteners, 99% of the time I’ve seen them used it’s for tracking and/or disguising the true destination.

    • radivojevic@discuss.onlineEnglish
      27·
      4 months ago

      It was cool back when there were valid reasons for character limitations. But I agree, url obfuscation was often used for less savory reasons.

      • sugar_in_your_teaEnglish
        61·
        4 months ago

        And I’m not sure how shorteners work for Firefox’s tracking removal, but I’m guessing not well.