Google may have partially walked back a plan to deprecate all shortened goo.gl links, but millions of links that rely on the link shortener will still break before the end of August. Links created ...

After originally planning to have all goo.gl URLs stop working later this month, Google will now “preserve actively used links.” In July of 2024, Google said all existing goo.gl links would stop ...

Google previously announced it would end support for all goo.gl URLs on August 25, 2025. The company has reversed course and will preserve actively used shortened links. Links that were redirected in ...

Editor's take: The number of services Google has chosen to retire is starting to resemble a digital massacre. While Mountain View excels at launching new products, its track record for long-term ...

Links created with Google’s URL shortener will return a 404 error starting August 25th. Links created with Google’s URL shortener will return a 404 error starting ...

In today’s digital landscape, sharing links is a daily activity. From social media posts to email communications, we rely on URL shorteners to tidy up those lengthy web addresses. But at what cost?

Google is deploying its own link shorteners, search.app and share.google, for content shared from Discover. The new short links obscure source websites but retain the ability to generate rich previews ...

VMware Workstation users report that the software's automatic update functionality is broken after Broadcom redirected the download URL to its generic support page, triggering certificate errors. The ...