In 2018, we introduced the deprecation and transition of Google URL Shortener due to the modifications we’ve seen in how individuals discover content material on the web, and the variety of new fashionable URL shortening companies that emerged in that point. This meant that we not accepted new URLs to shorten however that we’d proceed serving current URLs.
In the present day, the time has come to show off the serving portion of Google URL Shortener. Please learn on beneath to know extra about how this can impression you if you happen to’re utilizing Google URL Shortener.
Who’s impacted?
Any builders utilizing hyperlinks constructed with the Google URL Shortener within the type https://goo.gl/* shall be impacted, and these URLs will not return a response after August twenty fifth, 2025.
What to anticipate
Beginning August 23, 2024, goo.gl hyperlinks will begin displaying an interstitial web page for a proportion of current hyperlinks notifying your customers that the hyperlink will not be supported after August twenty fifth, 2025 previous to navigating to the unique goal web page.
Interstitial web page proven for some goo.gl hyperlinks beginning on August 23, 2024
Over time the proportion of hyperlinks that may present the interstitial web page will enhance till the shutdown date. This interstitial web page ought to make it easier to observe and modify any affected hyperlinks that you’ll want to transition as a part of this transformation. We are going to proceed to show this interstitial web page till the shutdown date after which all hyperlinks served will return a 404 response.
Notice that the interstitial web page might trigger disruptions within the present circulation of your goo.gl hyperlinks. For instance, in case you are utilizing different 302 redirects, the interstitial web page might forestall the redirect circulation from finishing accurately. If you happen to’ve embedded social metadata in your vacation spot web page, the interstitial web page will seemingly trigger these to not present up the place the preliminary hyperlink is displayed. Because of this, we advise transitioning these hyperlinks as quickly as doable.
Notice: Within the occasion the interstitial web page is disrupting your use instances, you may suppress it by including the question param “si=1” to current goo.gl hyperlinks.
We perceive the transition away from utilizing goo.gl brief hyperlinks might trigger some inconvenience. When you have any questions or considerations, please attain out to us at Firebase Support. Thanks for utilizing the service and we hope you be a part of us in transferring ahead into new and revolutionary methods for navigating net and app experiences.
