This is nothing special, nor is it an official URL. You can type anything you want there and the link will still work. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/

This is nothing special, nor is it an official URL. You can type anything you want there and the link will still work. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/this-will-also-work-2269573.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/this-... http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/so-will-this-2269573.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/so-wi... Same thing in StackOverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5711120/this-is-not-really-the-name-of-the-question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5711120/this-is-not-reall... The difference is that StackOverflow has the good sense to not display the typed-in URL.