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Transitioning Google URL Shortener to Firebase Dynamic
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Friday; March 30,2018
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Posted by Michael Hermanto, Software Engineer; Firebase
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We launched the Google URL Shortener back in 2009 as a way to help people more
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easily share links and measure traffic online. Since then; many popular URL shortening
services have emerged and the ways people find content on the Internet have also
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changed dramatically, from primarily desktop webpages to apps, mobile devices, home
assistants,and more_
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To refocus our efforts, were turning down support for goo.gl over the coming weeks
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and replacing it with Firebase Dynamic Links (FDL). FDLs are smart URLs that allow you
to send existing and potential users to any location within an iOS, Android or web app.
We're excited to grow and improve the product going forward. While most features of
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