Google Code Blog: Google URL Shortener gets an API(googlecode.blogspot.com) |
Google Code Blog: Google URL Shortener gets an API(googlecode.blogspot.com) |
But now I'll be able to shorten URL's with an official API rather than using a hack. I don't know why Google didn't make a public API from the start.
2. Click "Labs"
3. Enable "Short URL" lab.
Problem sorted!
This interesting found implies how goo.gl is designed. They prefer writing directly to avoid duplication check and random seek caused by the check. And they though most of the urls are cold so it is not essential to merge them together to keep the hot cache small.
Or they assume nobody wants to play the system in this way. :-)
We're using yourls.org currently for our short domain name and would welcome ($) the opportunity of offloading the traffic to Google's servers.
http://bit.ly/pro/ is also worth a look
[1] http://code.google.com/apis/chart/docs/gallery/qr_codes.html