The go link, along with the golink application, has been around since late 2009 and has matured and adapted over the last decade as they have migrated

The History of Go Links

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2021-06-18 15:30:04

The go link, along with the golink application, has been around since late 2009 and has matured and adapted over the last decade as they have migrated their way into the tech industry.

The first documented history of the golink dates all the way back to November 2009 by Nick Young who worked in IT at North Carolina State University.

This GoLinks system allows the student body and faculty to create golinks that could be shared in classrooms, posters, emails, social media and much more.

Around the same time, Benjamin Staffin at Google developed a golink system that introduced the “go/” domain and allowed Googlers to simply use the shortlink “go/link” in their browser. Benjamin described golinks as “AOL keywords for the corporate network.”

Soon the application became an essential part of the Google ecosystem where everyone used it to quickly share links around the company. Even leadership took notice of the application and realized the importance.

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