Google URL shortening service "URL Shortener" ended on March 30, 2019

Google has been offering URL shortening service "Google URL ShortenerAnnounced that it will be completed on March 30, 2019. In the future, the URL shortening service is "Firebase Dynamic Link(FDL) ", but short URLs which had been created by URL Shortener so far can continue to be used as it is.

Google Developers Blog: Transitioning Google URL Shortener to Firebase Dynamic Links
https://developers.googleblog.com/2018/03/transitioning-google-url-shortener.html

The URL shortening service is often used when entering a URL with a relatively large number of characters in a situation where the number of characters that can be entered is restricted, such as Twitter or text message (SMS). "Goo.gl" is set in the domain of the URL shortened by Google URL Shortener, and there are a lot of people familiar with this string.

Google explains that the transition from URL Shortener to FDL will be done in phases. From March 30, 2018, users who are not logged in to Google accounts can not create abbreviated URLs even if they access URL Shortener.


Also, as of March 30, 2018, users who have never created abbreviated URLs will be unable to use the service on April 13, 2018. Users who have created abbreviated URLs before March 30, 2018 can still use the URL Shortener until March 30, 2019.

In addition, although Google announced that URL Shorter will be migrated to FDL, there are parts that it is hard to understand unless it is a developer for using FDL, and the use hurdles are high for general users. So, as a recommended service after the end of the service, in addition to FDLBitlyYaOw.lyWe also list the names of other URL shortening services such as.

Even after March 30, 2019, short URLs created by URL Shortener can be used as they are, but information on abbreviated URLs will not be transferred to FDL. For this reason, users who are considering migrating abbreviated URLs to FDL need to export text files in CSV format from URL Shortener and re-register the contents of the files in FDL.


For developers, URL Shortener's expiration date does not change on March 30, 2019, but by project the URL ShortenerAPIThe period of use is different. A project that accessed the URL Shortener's API before March 30, 2018 can generate abbreviated URL using the same API from May 30, 2018, and it is a project that has already called the API If so, until 30th March 2019 can be used without limitation.