How to Convert a Long URL to a Short URL in Google Sheets

In this video, we'll teach you how to create a link button that converts a long URL to a shortened URL in Google Sheets. This is a great way to make it easy for your visitors to click on a link and take them to the section of your website they want.

This Google Sheets tutorial is easy to follow and will help you create a link button that will help you save time and hassle when linking to sections of your website. Watch the video and learn how to create a link button that will help you shorten long URLs!
We've all stumbled upon url shortening services like bit.ly, tinyurl.com or goo.gl (this last one was shut down a while ago). They spare us of having to communicate hard-to-spell or too long urls (has anyone tried to dictate over the phone the URL of a Google Drive folder?). Because if you can copy/paste a URL it might easy, but if you need to send it to someone in a limited length text (e.g. a SMS) or you want to encode it in a QR code (where shorter strings are easier to scan), it is preferable to have a url like http://bit.ly/something (random url, seems to lead to a MP3 with a song) instead of a url like thisbettercallsaulexcelexcel mvpgoogle sheetgoogle sheetshighlinehighline collegemike girvinmrexcelpower queryexcel weekendhighline community collegeslaying excel dragonsbusiness intelligencelearn excelexcelisfunexcel 2016michael girvinbryan cranstonwalter whitebettercallsaulshortssaulgoodmanbreakingbad