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Funny. That's not what the link says: "/bay-area-home-sales-dip-as-prices-continue-to-rise"
by stanski 8y ago
Funny. That's not what the link says: "/bay-area-home-sales-dip-as-prices-continue-to-rise"
- minimaxir 8y agoHeadlines change for various reasons, but slugs are forever.
- jolmg 8y agoThey should've adopted an addressing scheme like StackExchange's where its numeric_id + '/' + descriptive_text. That way they could've changed the headlines and the links all they wanted. The server would've ignored the changing text and used the id.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoSlugs should be GUIDs! :D
- minimaxir 8y agoSlugs are one component of SEO.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoLots of unfortunate realities in life.
- stronglikedan 8y ago> slugs are forever But with an HTTP 301, they don't have to be. ;-)