Google is shutting down its goo.gl URL shortening service

Re:Google is shutting down its goo.gl URL shortening service by samuell on Saturday March 31, 2018 @08:19AM (#16722981)

I hope this doesn't change too. Felt I had to use it to link a humongous wikidata SPARQL query in a (software) research paper recently.

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Re:Google is shutting down its goo.gl URL shortening service by omeid2 on Saturday March 31, 2018 @09:45AM (#16723258)

I think in content intented for long term it is always better to use the canonical address, possibly in a footnote if it is too long.

Better yet also include an alternative link to an archive like https://archive.li/ or similar.

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Re:Google is shutting down its goo.gl URL shortening service by mcast on Saturday March 31, 2018 @10:05AM (#16723328)

I hope you added the entire link in an appendix, otherwise it’s not Google’s fault for ruining your paper.

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Re:Google is shutting down its goo.gl URL shortening service by samuell on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @06:09AM (#16743274)

The query itself is available in a screenshot. Also a pretty periferal part of the paper.

Looked/thought hard about options but did not come up with better at the time.

But wanted to highlight how important it is for parties starting such services to have a plan for longevity. Hopefully Goog will keep old links going for a long time.

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Re:Google is shutting down its goo.gl URL shortening service by realworldview on Saturday March 31, 2018 @10:23AM (#16723403)

Please consider using DOI’s for this http://www.doi.org/factsheets/DOIKeyFacts.html

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Re:Google is shutting down its goo.gl URL shortening service by afandian on Saturday March 31, 2018 @10:26AM (#16723415)

Agreed. Figshare is a good service for this. In addition all the publishing infrastructure is in place.

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Re:Google is shutting down its goo.gl URL shortening service by samuell on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @06:00AM (#16743231)

Great idea! I'm using figshare but neither me nor colleagues got to think about that.

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