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Re:Google's shortened goo.gl links will stop working next month by crossroadsguy on Friday July 25, 2025 @12:40PM (#44685153)
I have always struggled with this. If I buy a book I don’t want an online/URL reference in it. Put the book/author/isbn/page etc. Or refer to the magazine/newspaper/journal/issue/page/author/etc.
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Re:Google's shortened goo.gl links will stop working next month by BobaFloutist on Friday July 25, 2025 @12:45PM (#44685203)
I mean preferably do both, right? The URL is better for however long it works.
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Re:Google's shortened goo.gl links will stop working next month by SoftTalker on Friday July 25, 2025 @12:57PM (#44685366)
We are long, long past any notion that URLs are permanent references to anything. Better to cite with title, author, and publisher so that maybe a web search will turn it up later. The original URL will almost certainly be broken after a few years.
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