Originally published at: https://eduk8.me/2016/09/googles-url-shortener-goo-gl-extension-can-also-create-qr-codes/
A url shortener is used to take a very long link and make it shorter. The shorten links are more easily shared then their longer counterparts, since the longer urls may get cut off in email or other ways of messaging. Google offers a url shortener at https://goo.gl, which works well when you want to…