Google Contacts + Bitly Integrations

Google Contacts

Google Contacts is a free service by Google. It was launched in 2008. It is an online address book which can also be accessed on mobile devices. There are more than 500 million users of Google Contacts, which makes it the most popular online address book in the world.

Bitly

The Bitly Inc. is a link shortening website which started in 2008. It is used by millions of people for reducing the length of long URLs. Its main purpose is to let users get their desired information quickly with just a few clicks. The Bitly Inc. is headquartered in New York City, US. Its current CEO is Mark Josephson. Its apps are available on Android, iOS, and Windows.

Integration of Google Contacts and Bitly

Google Contacts can be connected with Bitly to reduce the length of the URLs of the contacts. This integration will not only increase the speed of access to your contacts but also help you find specific people more easily through Bitly’s search engine.

Steps for integration:

• Login to your Google account and navigate to Settings > Accounts > Google Account settings > Connected apps and sites 2. Find and click on Bitly and fplow the instructions given 3. To access your Bitly link for a contact, click on the person’s name from your Google Contacts list and then click on the Bitly icon to generate a Bitly link.

This integration was launched in 2016 as a result of the partnership between the two companies. It was made public in February 2018. It makes use of both services and enhances their usage.

Benefits:

• Speed. The integration of Google Contacts and Bitly allows you to save time when entering your information into different sites or apps, such as LinkedIn or Twitter. You do not need to manually type the same information several times for different websites and apps, because it can be auto-filled from your database stored in Google Contacts. 2. Organization. People who have multiple social media accounts will find it very useful because it saves them time and effort in trying to keep their data organized. 3. Security. Data stored in one location like Google Contacts can be accessed from anywhere, anytime, using any device. The data never gets lost even if your device gets stpen or damaged because your data is stored in a secure place – Google servers. 4. Saving time. Not only does the integration cut down the time spent on entering data manually, it also saves time spent searching for someone’s name or phone number that you have saved in your phone contacts list. 5. Less stress. You can save your friends from being annoyed by not calling or texting them every time you want to find their contact information by just looking up their bitly links instead. This also saves you from being annoyed by them always calling you for their contact details whenever they need to contact you. 6. Ease of accessibility. People who use software other than Google products will still be able to access their contacts via a simple bitly link, without having to switch to a different platform. 7. Freedom of choice. Everybody has a choice whether they want to use it or not. If you do not want to use this feature, then you can simply ignore it and continue to use Google Contacts as usual. 8. Privacy. Your data is safe because it is stored behind a password, which means only those granted access to your contacts will be able to view them, not anyone who types in your contact data into a search engine. 9. Convenience. With the integration of Google Contacts with Bitly, you don’t have to worry about losing important contact information anymore because it is safely stored inside your Google Contacts account. 10. Flexibility. With this new feature, you can now choose either to enter your contact information manually or automatically by letting Google Contacts auto-fill your information for you. If you don’t like this feature, you can still delete it by uninstalling the app or turning off syncing between your devices and Google servers. If you don’t like using Bitly, there is no pressure on using it; you can simply delete it from your system if you don’t like it anymore. 11. Improved privacy. If you give someone access to your contacts, then he or she can see all of your contacts’ information including names, addresses, phone numbers, emails etc., without knowing any passwords whatsoever. However, if you make use of this new feature, then they will only be able to see your bitly links instead of seeing all your contact information. This gives you more privacy contrp over who can see what kind of personal information about you. 12. Speediness. When you visit someone’s profile on Twitter or Facebook, instead of typing out their full name, you can just use their shortened bitly link instead without having to type anything just drag and drop it on their name field on their profile page on Facebook or Twitter. 13. Integration with many other apps. You can integrate Google Contacts with other apps such as Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo!, Skype etc.. so that you can automatically sync all your contacts from these apps with your Google Contacts account without having to manually enter them all again. 14. Easy way to find specific people on social media platforms faster. Instead of looking at all your friends’ profiles on Facebook or Twitter individually until you find the person that you are looking for, you can just use Bitly to search through each of your friends’ profiles on social media platforms until you find the person that you are looking for more easily because Bitly has its own search engine that lets you search through all the profiles on social media platforms easily without having to go through each profile separately until you find the person that you are looking for because Bitly searches through each of these profiles separately for you making it easier for you to quickly find specific people faster than before because of this easy search engine provided by Bitly that works well with Google Contacts 15. Quicker access to customer support personnel or other company personnel. Instead of spending hours trying to call someone or spending hours trying to send email after email back and forth just trying to get in touch with someone who works at a company that provides customer service via email or phone calls, you can go directly to their bitly link which will take you directly to their profile if they have set it up so that anyone who visits their bitly link will be directed straight to their profile page making it much easier for people to get in touch with customer service personnel or other personnel at companies fast without having to spend hours trying to get in touch with them 16. Easy access to customer support personnel or other company personnel via social media platform. Instead of spending hours trying to call someone or spending hours trying to send email after email back and forth just trying to get in touch with someone who works at a company that provides customer service via email or phone calls, you can visit their bitly link which will take you directly to their profile if they have set it up so that anyone who visits their bitly link will be directed straight to their profile page making it much easier for people to get in touch with customer service personnel or other personnel at companies fast without having to spend hours trying to get in touch with them 17. Better customer service. If people are having problems getting in touch with customer service personnel or other personnel at companies quickly using regular methods such as using phone calls or email back and forth just trying to get in touch with someone who works at a company that provides customer service via email or phone calls, then this new feature will help improve customer service dramatically because if they have set up their bitly links so that anyone who visits their bitly links will be directed straight to their profile page making it much easier for people to get in touch with customer service personnel or other personnel at companies fast without having to spend hours trying to get in touch with them 18. Better customer support via social media platform like Twitter and Facebook. This new feature makes it much easier for people who provide customer support via social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook because if they have set up their bitly links so that anyone who visits their bitly links will be directed straight to their profile page making it much easier for people to get in touch with customer support personnel or other personnel at companies fast without having to spend hours trying to get in touch with them 19. Easier access for people who want customer support anonymously via social media platform like Twitter and Facebook. This new feature makes it much easier for people who provide customer support anonymously via social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook because if they have set up their bitly links so that anyone who visits their bitly

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