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goo.gl
goo.gl
The same is done most other shorteners. I guess your point is that google is getting too much of information monopoly so using their shortener is worst than using, say tiny.cc.
Btw isn't google already tracking stats of clicks on the search results?
Anyone writing an anonymizing resolver for goo.gl (like a browser add-on or a jump site)?