Google Places URL shortener

At last, Google have made it possible to easily produce a shortened form of the Google Places page url.

Nyagoslav at OptiLocal has alerted me to the fact that, instead of

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/place?pq=lollipop+localhl=encp=23gs_id=2kxhr=tgs_upl=bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.biw=2304bih=1186um=1ie=UTF-8q=lollipop+local+in+essexfb=1gl=ukhq=lollipop+localhnear=0x47d85627fe870dd3:0x4257cb3847ee5079,Essexcid=9856275402148656621dtab=2action=openratingsei=pXdTToyDFoen8QOK75j-BQsa=Xoi=local_resultct=write-reviewresnum=2sqi=2ved=0CDsQtwQwAQ,

it is now possible to create a shortened form of that url to give to other people.

Click on the map that is situated to the right of the required Google Places page and in the top right hand corner, you will see a chain link.   December 2011 Update – Google have now moved this chain

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