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Web links made with Google URL Shortener will stop working soon

Google's new move follows its 2018 replacement of goo.gl links with Firebase Dynamic Links (FDL).

In 2018, Google turned down support for it and encouraged users to utilize new Firebase Dynamic Links (FDL), which were supposedly smarter. We will continue to display this interstitial page until the shutdown date, after which all links served will return a 404 response," the search giant notes in the blog post. (Image credit: Google)Users have to bear in mind that the interstitial page "may cause disruptions" in the current flow of goog.gl links.

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