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More for vanity and possibly increases engagement. Like you said, if I want a group of people to visit a link. Would you type in “q.ly/abc” or “website.com/202
by xyst 3y ago
More for vanity and possibly increases engagement. Like you said, if I want a group of people to visit a link. Would you type in
“q.ly/abc” or “website.com/20240229/my-blog-title-here/1”
But as some have mentioned, QR codes have easily replaced URL shorteners for this purpose anyways.
Also I guess for the very small number of people without a device that can’t read QR codes, a shortened url would help them engage
- yogorenapan 3y agoAs a user, I’m much more likely to click on the second link. Too many link shorteners come with ads and other annoyances that I’d rather not touch them. redirect-checker.org if I must
- akira2501 3y agoWhy do blog titles include a unique ID and a worthless slug tacked on?
- JoshTriplett 3y agoA unique ID helps avoid broken links if a post's title changes, and avoids conflicts between posts with the same name.
- echoangle 3y agoI think the question was why there is even a slug when there is already an ID
- echoangle 3y agoPeople think it helps with SEO, but I’m not sure how accurate that is. SEO seems to be a lot of snake oil and superstition
- sebazzz 3y agoURL shorteners still benefit QR codes, if you can’t control the length of the URL or want to abuse the QR code by putting some logo in the middle.