goo.gl
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goo.gl is Google's link shortener service that will stop redirecting short links on 2025-08-25. Google announced that starting 2018-04-13, no new short links could be created, but existing links would continue to redirect. On 2024-07-18, they announced that existing links would no longer redirect after 2025-08-25, but they reversed this position in early August 2025.[1]
IndieWeb Examples
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Aaron Parecki
Aaron Parecki has linked to several goo.gl URLs from 2012-2022. The links were to Google-run websites such as Google Maps and Google Flights.
- https://aaronparecki.com/2012/08/14/6/ (post updated with screenshot of Google Street View)
Silo Examples
- Google Maps creates shortlinks like: https://maps.app.goo.gl/7B5SjtoxUMavkpnz7 using the subdomain maps.app.goo.gl.
Articles and blog posts
Initial announcement:
2024 update:
- 2024-07-18 : Google URL Shortener links will no longer be available (archived)
2025-08-01 update:
- 2025-08-01 The Verge: Google backtracks on plans to deactivate shortened goo.gl links / If a goo.gl link doesn’t already have a deactivation message, then it will keep functioning as normal.
Goo.gl URLS that already show a message saying that they will be deactivated in August will still stop working — the company started showing the deactivation message nine months ago on URLs that “showed no activity in late 2024” — but otherwise, “all other goo.gl links will be preserved and will continue to function as normal,”