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13th January 2011 - Link Blog

Getting Started - Google URL Shortener API. The API for the goo.gl URL shortener is really nice—no API key required, easy to create a short URL and you can retrieve detailed stats breakdowns (similar to bit.ly) as JSON for any URL.

Posted 13th January 2011 at 3:49 am

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