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May 29, 2026 - 7:21 am

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Google is testing short URLs with @handles for the Google Discover publisher profile pages. Instead of those long URLs that go on forever, Google is testing a format that uses the publisher's handle.

This should make it easier to share this URL with your most loyal readers.

This was spotted by Damien who posted about it on X - for example, you can access this publisher's Discover page at this short URL - profile.google.com/@ryanhallyall . This is compared to this site's publisher's URL at this crazy long URL - check it in your browser.

Here is a screenshot - see the URL bar:

Another example:

One curiosity that could hint at a fresh feature♨️: let publishers pick their nickname... this Turkish scientific website gets its profile /cp/... redirect to /@ evrimagaci, handle displayed on the profile as well!…