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Analysis by Shira Ovide

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 “goo.gl” format to create mirror website links that were saved on Google’s computers for preservation or other purposes. PAID PROMOTED STORIES

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