Hey 2xy0,
the main reason I use bit.ly at the moment is the API. I’m gonna check out the status of goo.gl and see how it looks right now.
got to be honest I would rather stick to a non-google product this time as google have the habit recently of closing down services (see google wave) because they are not able to come to a business model that makes money, thus my liking of bit.ly as that is their only business and therefore will be fight tooth and nail to keep it theirs.
Speaking of google products, I’m looking to ramp up greatly the feedburner support soon, with also using the hooks that do the rss and other feeds. Lots of users find this very important.
Also I am adding mobile support, so you can turn bits on and off based on the user that is coming…. i.e. turning off the print button for iphone/ipod/ipad
And a few other things like a CDN upgrade coming very soon, which for 6.99 euro per year will make the plugin use my CDN for your site (speed up your site considerably) and also access to 10 new (I think it is) icon sets when we launch it, growing to more as the time moves on. Our First focus is the halloween celebrations just round the corner ?? And Neville the icon guy loves to make things that are not just copies of each other, but different personalties to each icon.
There will be cheaper deals for this for developers and web hosting companies so that they can provide this personalisation to their clients, thus making their jobs so much easier and make their clients feel that much more special.
I hope that this gives you an idea of where we are going, and will always welcome feature request to go with our own plans.
All the best
Andy