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Why not just use short URLs all the time?

by neeee 14y ago

nvr219 14y ago
Because it's nice to have a URL that is descriptive so I can get an idea of what I'm clicking on before I click on it. Maybe I've just been goatsed too many times...
- dergachev 14y ago
  In that case, you might enjoy this bookmarklet I made a few weeks ago: http://dergachev.github.com/descriptive-url-bookmarklet/ http://dergachev.github.com/descriptive-url-bookmarklet/ It automatically extracts the title of the current page and appends it to the URL, like so: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-pyuaThp-c#doodling-in-math-class-connecting-dots-youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-pyuaThp-c#doodling-in-math-... http://ihackernews.com/comments/5043231#hacker-news-mobile-devopssysadmin-cheatsheet http://ihackernews.com/comments/5043231#hacker-news-mobile-d... https://github.com/dergachev/chrome-xpath-link/issues/2#create-a-bookmarklet https://github.com/dergachev/chrome-xpath-link/issues/2#crea... http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5043231#devopssysadmin-cheatsheet http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5043231#devopssysadmin-c... http://drupal.org/node/1427148#meta-how-should-joke-modules-be-handled http://drupal.org/node/1427148#meta-how-should-joke-modules-... https://gist.github.com/4331769#rule-of-thirds-bookmarklet https://gist.github.com/4331769#rule-of-thirds-bookmarklet http://bl.ocks.org/4360892#u.s.-airports http://bl.ocks.org/4360892#u.s.-airports http://www.redmine.org/issues/12778#defect-12778-upgrade-to-rails-3.2.11-redmine http://www.redmine.org/issues/12778#defect-12778-upgrade-to-... https://twitter.com/dergachev/status/290914183220981760#twitter-dergachev-remembering-aaron-swarz-the-.. https://twitter.com/dergachev/status/290914183220981760#twit.... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AonYZs4MzlZbdERaRzgxaUcwYXVRZFpaR3ZrekREb2c&hl=en&authkey=CIretNoB#corruption-index https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AonYZs4MzlZbdER... https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4305#solr-4305-xss-vulnerability-in-solr-/admin/analysis.jsp-asf-jira https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4305#solr-4305-xs... http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/inl/2434325556.html#best-of-craigslist-ugly-mean-cat-free http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/inl/2434325556.html#bes... http://www.flickr.com/photos/54771108@N07/6959604522/#circus-clown http://www.flickr.com/photos/54771108@N07/6959604522/#circus...
eksith 14y ago
I wouldn't mind a short URL if I know where it's actually going. Also, if Twitter is a hint, it's very annoying : https://twitter.com/eksith/statuses/273585529415680000 https://twitter.com/eksith/statuses/273585529415680000
- gurkendoktor 14y ago
  Twitter could make their URLs contain the entire tweet and I would be thankful if they did so, but it doesn't really make sense for them :)
thesagan 14y ago
I believe clean, understandable URLs also help search engines index content more appropriately (and supposedly helps rankings), but with the speed and opaqueness of exactly how indexing works I could be wrong these days. Edit: I should have said "...of exactly how search algorithms work..."
jrochkind1 14y ago
seo

Why not just use short URLs all the time?

by neeee 14y ago

Why not just use short URLs all the time?

Because it's nice to have a URL that is descriptive so I can get an idea of what I'm clicking on before I click on it. Maybe I've just been goatsed too many times...

dergachev 14y ago
In that case, you might enjoy this bookmarklet I made a few weeks ago: http://dergachev.github.com/descriptive-url-bookmarklet/ http://dergachev.github.com/descriptive-url-bookmarklet/ It automatically extracts the title of the current page and appends it to the URL, like so: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-pyuaThp-c#doodling-in-math-class-connecting-dots-youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-pyuaThp-c#doodling-in-math-... http://ihackernews.com/comments/5043231#hacker-news-mobile-devopssysadmin-cheatsheet http://ihackernews.com/comments/5043231#hacker-news-mobile-d... https://github.com/dergachev/chrome-xpath-link/issues/2#create-a-bookmarklet https://github.com/dergachev/chrome-xpath-link/issues/2#crea... http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5043231#devopssysadmin-cheatsheet http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5043231#devopssysadmin-c... http://drupal.org/node/1427148#meta-how-should-joke-modules-be-handled http://drupal.org/node/1427148#meta-how-should-joke-modules-... https://gist.github.com/4331769#rule-of-thirds-bookmarklet https://gist.github.com/4331769#rule-of-thirds-bookmarklet http://bl.ocks.org/4360892#u.s.-airports http://bl.ocks.org/4360892#u.s.-airports http://www.redmine.org/issues/12778#defect-12778-upgrade-to-rails-3.2.11-redmine http://www.redmine.org/issues/12778#defect-12778-upgrade-to-... https://twitter.com/dergachev/status/290914183220981760#twitter-dergachev-remembering-aaron-swarz-the-.. https://twitter.com/dergachev/status/290914183220981760#twit.... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AonYZs4MzlZbdERaRzgxaUcwYXVRZFpaR3ZrekREb2c&hl=en&authkey=CIretNoB#corruption-index https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AonYZs4MzlZbdER... https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4305#solr-4305-xss-vulnerability-in-solr-/admin/analysis.jsp-asf-jira https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4305#solr-4305-xs... http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/inl/2434325556.html#best-of-craigslist-ugly-mean-cat-free http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/inl/2434325556.html#bes... http://www.flickr.com/photos/54771108@N07/6959604522/#circus-clown http://www.flickr.com/photos/54771108@N07/6959604522/#circus...

eksith 14y ago

I wouldn't mind a short URL if I know where it's actually going. Also, if Twitter is a hint, it's very annoying : https://twitter.com/eksith/statuses/273585529415680000 https://twitter.com/eksith/statuses/273585529415680000

gurkendoktor 14y ago
Twitter could make their URLs contain the entire tweet and I would be thankful if they did so, but it doesn't really make sense for them :)

thesagan 14y ago

I believe clean, understandable URLs also help search engines index content more appropriately (and supposedly helps rankings), but with the speed and opaqueness of exactly how indexing works I could be wrong these days. Edit: I should have said "...of exactly how search algorithms work..."

jrochkind1 14y ago

seo