Google Smart Links: Another Web Address Shortening Service with Hidden Dangers?

Google announced a feature they call smart links for Gmail on the iPhone and Android phones…

The Iterative Web App: Links Got Shorter and Smarter

It takes long giant uninterpretable web addresses that are often pasted into email messages and converts them to a manageable human-readable (and understandable) hotlink. But, don’t get too excited, it doesn’t deal with any arbitrary URL yet. It only works with:

– Google Maps address queries
– Google Maps directional queries (with one destination)
– Google Sites webpages
– YouTube videos


It seems like a good start.

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