Alternatives and competitors
Sites like g.co
The 20 closest URL shortener alternatives to g.co, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 2 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to g.co? The closest matches are Lothar, Linkmake and cutt.ly. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 4,032
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 16 ms
01 · Entity
About g.co
g.co
g.co
Wikidata: URL shortener used by Google for its websites
Summary by Claude
Google's official short-link domain that redirects only to Google products and services; the root page simply explains the shortcut.
- Who it’s for
- Google users following short links
- Business model
- None (corporate utility)
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to g.co’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to g.co
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to g.co, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Linkmake
Make your link safe using Link Protector
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Cuttly: URL Shortener, Branded Domains, Short Link Analytics
URL Shortener with branded short links & QR Codes. Shorten long URLs instantly, track every click. Link in Bio, Campaigns, Surveys and Teams in one platform.
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DuckDuckGo - Protection. Privacy. Peace of mind.
The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.
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News from Google | Google Product and Technology News and Stories
Get the latest news and stories about Google products, technology and innovation on News from Google, Google's official blog.
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Bitly | Short URLs, QR Codes, and More
Bitly makes it easy to create, share, and track short links and QR Codes. Find what's resonating and scale it into bigger reach, more clicks, and more sales.
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privacy-focused online search engine
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Control your online safety and privacy – Google Safety Centre
When searching on Google, your online safety and privacy are essential. Explore how Google helps you browse safely and protects you and your devices.
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The Go Programming Language
Go is an open source programming language that makes it simple to build secure, scalable systems.
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Plausible Analytics | Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative
Plausible is a lightweight and open-source Google Analytics alternative. Your website data is 100% yours and the privacy of your visitors is respected.
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Simple Page
food focused online social networking service
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Client Challenge
free and open-source web content management system
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web.dev
Guidance to build modern web experiences that work on any browser.
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product discovery website
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Welcome to GOV.UK
GOV.UK - The best place to find government services and information.
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curl
command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax
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Qwant - The search engine that values you as a user, not as a product
Fast, reliable answers and still in trust: Qwant does not store your search data, does not sell your personal data and is hosted in Europe.
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Boing Boing - A Directory of Mostly Wonderful Things
Boing Boing is the Web's favorite site devoted to technology, entertainment, and culture. Launched in 1989 as a print 'zine and still...
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Home Page
API endpoint
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Google Trust Services | Home
Google Trust Services
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Language selection | European Union
Discover how the EU functions, its principles, priorities; find out about its history and member states; learn about its legal basis and your EU rights.
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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to g.co’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones g.co uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What g.co is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Fonts
- Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300,400,600,700|Product+Sans:400&subset…
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=uaginhz5vhf6ac0jdcja536qidzm35
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what g.co adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console · not on g.co 12/20
- Google Workspace · not on g.co 7/20
- nginx · not on g.co 6/20
- Cloudflare · not on g.co 5/20
- Google Fonts 5/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on g.co 4/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on g.co 4/20
- Slack · not on g.co 4/20
- Google Cloud · not on g.co 4/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on g.co 4/20
- Zendesk · not on g.co 3/20
- Meta Business Suite 3/20
- Atlassian · not on g.co 3/20
- Fastly · not on g.co 3/20
- Google Analytics · not on g.co 2/20
- jQuery · not on g.co 2/20