Finally! Google is opening a site for the already working url shortener.
An appealing goo.gl/ url is nice. And it's expected to be very reliable. Let's see how things are going when some traffic comes in the play.
Lifehacker reported:
Previously relegated to the Google Toolbar and Feedburner, Google URL Shortener finally has a web site of its own.
Google URL Shortener (Goo.gl) now has a simple web interface where you input a URL and receive a shorter one. Nothing revolutionary here, but in addition to keeping track of your previously shortened URLs Google's touting the following:
Here's an added bonus tip from Googler Matt Cutts: if you add .qr to the end of any goo.gl-shortened URL, you get a QR code instead of the URL. For example: http://goo.gl/LFwS.qr
Stability: We've had near 100% uptime since our initial launch, and we've worked behind the scenes to make goo.gl even stabler and more robust.
Security: We've added automatic spam detection based on the same type of filtering technology we use in Gmail.
Speed: We've more than doubled our speed in just over nine months.
But if you're not into the web site, there's always the handy goo.gl Chrome extension, or this goo.gl-supporting Firefox extension.
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