I've used the short links lab before and think it's awesome. I've recently set it up on a new google apps for business account and can't find the setting to change the redirect if I access the short URL without any link. This used to work beautifully - ie if I go to
http://links.domain.com instead of
http://links.domain.com/link then I'm redirected elsewhere.
Also the short links lab doesn't show up in the admin console which is frustrating.
But this feature is awesome! Please don't retire it!
Chris