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padding: 1em;" /> <a href="https://go.epfl.ch/">go.epfl.ch</a> is a service offered to the EPFL community to shorten URLs. <br /> <br /> <a href="/login" class="btn btn-info" role="button">Login</a> is required in order to create new shortened URLs, but other pages of this website (<a href="https://go.epfl.ch/about">About</a>, <a href="https://go.epfl.ch/stats">Stats</a>, <a href="https://go.epfl.ch/faq">FAQ</a>, ...) can be reached as an unauthenticated user. </p> <br /> <h3>What is it?</h3> <p> URL shortening is a technique in which a URL may be made substantially shorter in length and have (sometimes) more meaning.<br /> <h5>Example:</h5> <a href="https://go.epfl.ch/mag">https://www.epfl.ch/campus/services/communication/audiences-canaux/epfl-magazine/</a> becomes <a href="https://go.epfl.ch/mag">https://go.epfl.ch/mag</a>. </p> <br /> <h3>Reveal URLs</h3> <p> If you want to know where a shortened URL will redirect, you can find it out with the URL <code>/reveal/alias</code>. <br />For instance, to know where <a href="https://go.epfl.ch/mag">https://go.epfl.ch/<b>mag</b></a> will redirect, use <a href="https://go.epfl.ch/reveal/mag">https://go.epfl.ch/<b>reveal</b>/mag</a>. </p> </main> </div> </div> <footer class="footer-light fixed-bottom d-none d-md-block" role="contentinfo"> <div class="tlbx-component-footer-light-dark-en bg-dark"> <div>   </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xl-11 mx-xl-auto"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-6 mx-auto mx-md-0 mb-4 col-md-3 col-lg-2 text-center"> <a href="/"> <img src="/logo/GoEPFL_red.svg" style="height: 100px;" class="text-center" /> </a> </div> <div class="col-md-9 col-lg-10"> <div class="ml-md-2 ml-lg-5"> <ul class="list-inline list-unstyled"> <li class="list-inline-item text-white">Contact</li> <li class="list-inline-item text-gray-300 pl-3"><small>EPFL CH-1015 Lausanne</small></li> <li class="list-inline-item text-gray-300 pl-3"><small>+41 21 693 11 11</small></li> </ul> <p class="footer-light-socials"> <small>Follow the EPFL on social media</small> <span> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/epflcampus" class="social-icon social-icon-facebook social-icon-negative"> <svg class="icon" aria-hidden="true"> <use xlink:href="#icon-facebook"></use> </svg> <span class="sr-only">Follow us on Facebook.</span> </a> <a href="https://twitter.com/epfl" class="social-icon social-icon-twitter social-icon-negative"> <svg class="icon" aria-hidden="true"> <use xlink:href="#icon-twitter"></use> </svg> <span class="sr-only">Follow us on Twitter.</span> </a> <a href="http://instagram.com/epflcampus" class="social-icon social-icon-instagram social-icon-negative"> <svg class="icon" aria-hidden="true"> <use xlink:href="#icon-instagram"></use> </svg> <span class="sr-only">Follow us on Instagram.</span> </a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/epflnews" class="social-icon social-icon-youtube social-icon-negative"> <svg class="icon" aria-hidden="true"> <use xlink:href="#icon-youtube"></use> </svg> <span class="sr-only">Follow us on Youtube.</span> </a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/school/epfl/" class="social-icon social-icon-linkedin social-icon-negative"> <svg class="icon" aria-hidden="true"> <use xlink:href="#icon-linkedin"></use> </svg> <span class="sr-only">Follow us on LinkedIn.</span> </a> </span> </p> <div class="footer-legal"> <div class="footer-legal-links"> <a href="https://epfl-si.github.io/elements/#/doc/accessibility.html">Accessibility</a> <a href="https://www.epfl.ch/about/overview/overview/regulations-and-guidelines/">Legals</a> <a href="https://go.epfl.ch/contact">Contact</a> <a rel="me" href="https://social.epfl.ch/@go">Mastodon</a> <a href="https://gitlab.com/epfl-isasfsd/go-epfl">Source code</a> <a href="https://gitlab.com/epfl-isasfsd/go-epfl/-/tags/v1.9.0">version</a><small>: v1.9.0</small> </div> <div> <p>© 2018-2025 EPFL, all rights reserved</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </footer>  <script src="https://go.epfl.ch/js/app.js"></script> </body> </html>

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