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I tried it on my start-ups domain. The result is interesting :) "The web address you entered was http://rockingrackets.com/ http://rockingrackets.com/. This h
by lucumo 18y ago
I tried it on my start-ups domain. The result is interesting :)
"The web address you entered was http://rockingrackets.com/ http://rockingrackets.com/.
This has been converted to http://rockingrackets.twi.bz/a http://rockingrackets.twi.bz/a You can copy and paste it from here.
Your original web address had 26 characters, and the converted version has 30 characters."
I can see how this will always happen with the document root of any domain, so maybe you can refuse to shorten those, or make it a kind of in-your-face suggestion that it's silly to shorten a relatively short URL?
- jgrahamc 18y agoAnd didn't it also say: "Since the original web address is, in this case, shorter than the twi.bz version it's better to use the original. "?
- Xichekolas 18y agoIf the original is shorter, just return the original. You can make a note as to why you gave back the original, but I think we can safely assume the user wants the shortest he can get, so give it to him.
- ensignavenger 18y agoBut if they add URL click tracking, you still might want the new URL, even if it is longer.
- lucumo 18y agoEhrm... It does now in any case. I didn't see it before blushes (Seriously, how can I miss the only line on a four line page that completely invalidates the point I was trying to make?) Anyway, that probably was a good demonstration why it should be more in-my-face. And it also demonstrates why web browsers need to send an im-an-idiot header :(