Google Joins URL-Shortening Crowd
Speaking of URL shorteners…Google introduced the Google URL Shortener as part of its launch of updated versions of Google Toolbar and FeedBurner, software engineers Muthu Muthusrinivasan, Ben D’Angelo and Devin Mullins posted on the Google Blog.
Highlights from the blog post:
First, we think people who use the Google Toolbar and FeedBurner will benefit from a shortener that is easily accessible—making it faster and easier to share, post and email links. Second, we’ve built this on Google’s global infrastructure to offer the following benefits:
Stability: Google’s scalable, multi-datacenter infrastructure provides great uptime and a reliable service to our users.
Security:
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