01-08-2025
Google is killing millions of web links to save a few bucks
There's a moment when you click a compelling link in an online article or product review and — Ugh. You land on a busted digital page.
Google is about to create a deluge of busted links.
The company announced plans to nuke a decade of online links later this month created with its 'link shortener' technology. Websites, blogs, social media users and book authors had used the ' format to create mirror website links that were saved on Google's computers for preservation or other purposes.