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https://amzn.com/B01MYG4MNA https://amzn.com/B01MYG4MNA

• salemh 9y ago
  Please don't use shortener URLs. Expanded: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MYG4MNA/ref=cm_sw_su_dp https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MYG4MNA/ref=cm_sw_su_dp
  • j_s 9y ago
    There is nearly a decade of precedent for complaint-free use of the amzn.com domain here on HN[0]. The amzn.com link I provided is as much an Amazon link as your expanded version (both domains are owned by Amazon[1]). I choose not to use the official, shortest a.co option (growing in popularity here[2][3]) because it obscures a tiny bit more context (the Amazon Standard Identification Number is usually recognizable as such). [0] https://hn.algolia.com/?query=amzn.com&type=comment&sort=byDate&page=22 https://hn.algolia.com/?query=amzn.com&type=comment&sort=byD... [1] http://blog.go2.me/2009/04/amazon-has-integrated-url-shortener.html http://blog.go2.me/2009/04/amazon-has-integrated-url-shorten... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14162832 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14162832 [3] https://hn.algolia.com/?query=:%2F%2Fa.co%2F&type=comment&sort=byDate https://hn.algolia.com/?query=:%2F%2Fa.co%2F&type=comment&so...
  • Nomentatus 9y ago
    In this case Amazon promises the shorter url IS a permalink, it does not make the claim that the longer link will be permanent to the best of my knowledge, although it's a good guess they will also be retained.