Tell HN: Goo.gl (Google link Shortener) is shutting down

Re:Tell HN: Goo.gl (Google link Shortener) is shutting down by tekism on Monday April 23, 2018 @09:21AM (#16903148)

They can't even keep a URL shortner service up and running?

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Re:Tell HN: Goo.gl (Google link Shortener) is shutting down by Piskvorrr on Monday April 23, 2018 @09:48AM (#16903346)

s/can't/won't/

In other words, a 80000-pound gorilla sits anywhere it damn wishes to. (Yes, I know that the original gorilla was two orders of magnitude smaller)

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Re:Tell HN: Goo.gl (Google link Shortener) is shutting down by ericzawo on Monday April 23, 2018 @09:57AM (#16903412)

"We better get a bigger gorilla."

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Re:Tell HN: Goo.gl (Google link Shortener) is shutting down by Gys on Monday April 23, 2018 @11:17AM (#16904140)

I suspect goo.gl sounds too much as a 'validated' Google link. Like the Amazon examples elsewhere in this thread. So users think falsely they can trust these links.

If true its actually surprising they kept the service going this long.

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Re:Tell HN: Goo.gl (Google link Shortener) is shutting down by mafagafogigante on Monday April 23, 2018 @09:26AM (#16903185)

It's more about what they want to promote instead than about whether or not they can pay for it.

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Re:Tell HN: Goo.gl (Google link Shortener) is shutting down by codetrotter on Monday April 23, 2018 @09:34AM (#16903239)

Perhaps they got tired of spammers and scammers making use of their URL shortening service?

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