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appropriate page. So for instance, if you wanted to find out more about BigTable,
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you simply directed your browser at http://go/bigtable and you would be redirected to
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something about the BigTable data storage system. I was later told that the
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-first go service at Google was written by Benjamin Staffin to end the never-ending
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-stream of requests for internal CNAME requests. He described it as AOL keywords
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-for the corporate network. These days if you go to any reasonably sized company,
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-you are likely to find a similar system. Etsy made one after seeing that Twitter
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-had one ... it's a contagious and useful little tool. So contagious, in fact, that
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-many former Googlers that I know have built or contributed to a similar system
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-post-Google. I am no different, this is my "go" link service.
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+first go service at Google was written by [Benjamin Staffin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminstaffin)
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+to end the never-ending stream of requests for internal CNAME entries. He
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+described it as AOL keywords for the corporate network. These days if you go to
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+any reasonably sized company, you are likely to find a similar system. Etsy made
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+one after seeing that Twitter had one ... it's a contagious and useful little
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+tool. So contagious, in fact, that many former Googlers that I know have built
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+or contributed to a similar system post-Google. I am no different, this is my
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+"go" link service.
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On slight difference between this go service and Google's is that this one is also
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capable of generating short links for you.
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@@ -39,4 +40,13 @@ take you to the service, where you can register shortcuts. Obviously, those
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shortcuts will also be available by typing "go/shortcut".
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## Using the Service
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-TODO(knorton): Finish writing this
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+Once you have it all setup, using it is pretty straight-forward.
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+#### Create a new shortcut
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+Type `go/edit/my-shortcut` and enter the URL.
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+#### Visit a shortcut
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+Type `go/my-shortcut` and you'll be redirected to the URL.
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+#### Shorten a URL
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+Type `go` and enter the URL.
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Kelly Norton