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		Google's official URL shortcut just for Google websites (g.co)
		8 points by aeurielesn on May 4, 2012 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 4 comments

thekungfuman on May 4, 2012 [–]

Hasn't this been around for quite some time? g.co links are used on all of the official Google twitter accounts.

kevinpacheco on May 4, 2012 | | [–]

You'll also get a g.co link if you click the link icon in Google Maps and then tick the Short URL box. http://g.co/maps/s6hjr

jonursenbach on May 4, 2012 | | [–]

This has been around since at least 2010.

Peroni on May 4, 2012 | | [–]

July 2011 actually.

http://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/gco-official-url-sh...

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