At ExpandURL, our goal has always been simple — help you know exactly where a shortened link takes you before you click it. Today, we're pleased to share a round-up of the features we've built into the platform to make that goal more meaningful than ever.
Every time you click a link in an email campaign, a social media post, or an online advertisement, something subtle happens: a string of extra text is appended to the URL.
URL shorteners are everywhere. They compress long, unwieldy web addresses into neat little codes that fit inside tweets, text messages, and marketing emails. Services like Bit.ly, TinyURL, and t.co have made the modern web tidier. But that tidiness comes with a hidden cost: you can no longer see where you’re actually going before you arrive.
Introduction For years, goo.gl has been a go-to tool for shortening long, unwieldy URLs into something more manageable and shareable. But times are changing. Google has announced that the goo.gl URL shortener will be shutting down on August 25, 2025. This means that any links you've created using goo.gl will eventually stop working. Don't panic!…
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