Google Dec. 14 launched URL shortening service Goo.gl tfor Google Toolbar and Feedburner. Bit.ly bit back hours later by offering a professional service. It’s a URL brevity battle royale. Eventually, Google could offer Goog.gl more broadly, which could be a scary proposition for Bit.ly and others in the space and points to an ongoing trend of Google trying to mimic other Web services to keep traffic flowing to its search engine and other Web services.
– Google Dec. 14 launched Goo.gl, a
URL shortening service that could one day challenge Bit.ly, TinyURL and others
of its ilk for big market share in little URLs. Bit.ly bit back hours later by
offering a professional service.
URL shortening services like Bit.ly and TinyURL have come into power th…