URL Shorteners

By Tim Barsness | December 15, 2009

Google and Facebook have both announced URL shortening services today. Shortening URL’s is becoming increasingly popular as a way of saving time consuming keystrokes on mobile devices.

Google

Google has added a URL shortener called goo.gl that works with The Google Toolbar and its Feedburner service to provide shortened URLs that leverage the Google architecture.

Some of the features for Google lists are its network infrastructure uptime, speed and the fact that it scans shortened links for viruses. We’ll have more information once we know how reporting works.

Facebook

News on Facebook’s URL shortener cites the service as a shortened way to get to existing Facebook URLs. Doing so will allow shorter posting and sharing of profiles and fan pages with vanity URLs.

You can now find us at:

http://fb.me/SMCpros

http://fb.me/timbarsness

http://fb.me/maikkula

http://fb.me/tylerolson

http://fb.me/joelfeder

http://fb.me/sarahsueshehata

http://fb.me/mitchellhislop