🆚 Google URL Shortener vs. Google Webmaster Tools
- 📈 Google URL Shortener is much more popular than Google Webmaster Tools.
- 🌎 Google URL Shortener is more popular in the United States, Japan, and Germany.
- 🌍 Google Webmaster Tools is more popular in Russia, China, and Samoa.
Statistics based on 3.6M+ analyzed websites. About this data
Google URL ShortenerType
Legacy technology
Webmaster tool
About
Google URL Shortener, also known as goo.gl, is a deprecated link service from Google.
It generated shortened URLs, provided click analytics, and created QR codes for sharing links.
The old Google Webmaster Tools, detected by the meta name "verify-v1", which have been deprecated in favor of 
Google Search Console.
Headquarters
Mountain View, California, United States
Mountain View, California, United States
Website
Pricing
Free ✔️
Categories
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
Google URL Shortener legacy technology is 7 times more popular than Google Webmaster Tools.
Total websites
Market share
Legacy
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
Google URL Shortener is more popular in the United States, Japan, and Germany, while Google Webmaster Tools is more popular in Russia, China, and Samoa.
United States
Japan
Germany
Spain
Australia
United Kingdom
India
Italy
Brazil
Canada
Awards
- 🥈 Second most popular in Japan in the Legacy category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Taiwan in the Legacy category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Paraguay in the Legacy category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Legacy category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in the United States in the Legacy category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Japan in the Webmaster Tools category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in France in the Webmaster Tools category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in the Netherlands in the Webmaster Tools category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Poland in the Webmaster Tools category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Hungary in the Webmaster Tools category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
Google URL Shortener is more popular than Google Webmaster Tools in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Education/Reference
Health
Travel
Internet Services
Entertainment
Sports
Real Estate
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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Baidu Webmaster Tools🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,604,716 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.