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HPs urls are terrible: http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/iss/110111.aspx http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/iss/110111.aspx

lreeves 15y ago
No kidding. Clearly they're using IIS, which has the equivalents of mod_rewrite built-in. Why would they keep using such awful URLs? The only other major company still using cruft like that I can think of is IBM. Totally unnecessary.
- jonursenbach 15y ago
  Amazon is up there too. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003O6G5TW/ref=s9_hps_bw_g63_ir01?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-5&pf_rd_r=13KXA06CD1CPTH1KGGVJ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=801471022&pf_rd_i=14220161 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003O6G5TW/ref=s9_hps_bw_g6...
  - mbreese 15y ago
    At least with Amazon, all you need is: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003O6G5TW http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003O6G5TW Which isn't too bad...
    - cpeterso 15y ago
      Or even: http://amazon.com/dp/B003O6G5TW http://amazon.com/dp/B003O6G5TW or: http://amzn.com/B003O6G5TW http://amzn.com/B003O6G5TW
  - xtacy 15y ago
    Google too: https://plus.google.com/107117483540235115863/ https://plus.google.com/107117483540235115863/
    - jonknee 15y ago
      That's intentional. They'd rather not give out a bunch of Google Accounts usernames (which would also be a lot of Gmail users).
  - greyfade 15y ago
    Luckily, everything from /ref= on is optional, and the alphanumeric code that comes after product is an actual product code. Replace it with the 9-digit ISBN for a book, and you'll get the book, for example.
hmottestad 15y ago
I presume they use the urls to generate computer names. Have you ever heard of: HP EliteBook 2760p HP EliteBook 8560w
Hoff 15y ago
Terrible URLs? Yes; they are. For this product, http://hp.com/go/moonshot http://hp.com/go/moonshot works
yycom 15y ago
Off-topic, but seriously no one except self-important webdevs gives a toss about URLs. They're addresses, not literature. That URL looks fine to me.
- dextorious 15y ago
  Yeah, bullshit semantic/SEO cargo cult.

No kidding. Clearly they're using IIS, which has the equivalents of mod_rewrite built-in. Why would they keep using such awful URLs? The only other major company still using cruft like that I can think of is IBM. Totally unnecessary.

jonursenbach 15y ago
Amazon is up there too. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003O6G5TW/ref=s9_hps_bw_g63_ir01?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-5&pf_rd_r=13KXA06CD1CPTH1KGGVJ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=801471022&pf_rd_i=14220161 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003O6G5TW/ref=s9_hps_bw_g6...
- mbreese 15y ago
  At least with Amazon, all you need is: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003O6G5TW http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003O6G5TW Which isn't too bad...
  - cpeterso 15y ago
    Or even: http://amazon.com/dp/B003O6G5TW http://amazon.com/dp/B003O6G5TW or: http://amzn.com/B003O6G5TW http://amzn.com/B003O6G5TW
- xtacy 15y ago
  Google too: https://plus.google.com/107117483540235115863/ https://plus.google.com/107117483540235115863/
  - jonknee 15y ago
    That's intentional. They'd rather not give out a bunch of Google Accounts usernames (which would also be a lot of Gmail users).
- greyfade 15y ago
  Luckily, everything from /ref= on is optional, and the alphanumeric code that comes after product is an actual product code. Replace it with the 9-digit ISBN for a book, and you'll get the book, for example.

hmottestad 15y ago

I presume they use the urls to generate computer names. Have you ever heard of: HP EliteBook 2760p HP EliteBook 8560w

Hoff 15y ago

Terrible URLs? Yes; they are. For this product, http://hp.com/go/moonshot http://hp.com/go/moonshot works

yycom 15y ago

Off-topic, but seriously no one except self-important webdevs gives a toss about URLs. They're addresses, not literature. That URL looks fine to me.

dextorious 15y ago
Yeah, bullshit semantic/SEO cargo cult.