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  1. Re:Wouldn't be necessary if... by bickerdyke · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Google Unveils goo.gl URL Shortening Service

    Yes.. but with most CMS, the other option would be, short, unreadable URL with or without bit.ly.

    As most CMS tend create urls like http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243 thats not much different from http://www.bit.ly.example/51234 (less special charackters like ? or = that people might mess up, but besides that...)

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up is much more informative for human readers. Espescially if you have a list of URLs (history or proxy log) that link to the same site, you'll be glad for having the article caption in the URL.

    Say, your friends mailed you several links over the past few weeks.

    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=28043
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=79344
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=97421
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=12034

    Would you be able to see which one was the good one? Much easier with

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up
    http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman-in-Leia-Slave-Dress
    http://www.foobar.example/boring_surveillance
    http://www.foobar.example/Goatse-the-movie
    http://www.foobar.example/Rickrolling

    But you were right. A CMS with a good SEF-URL-Scheme should try to be as tense as those examples. http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman/index.php?sessid=uj99346Ab320ljkldjf&user=woheverwaslookingitup&page=3&find=in-Leia-Slave-Dress&showads=true unites the worst of two worlds.

    P.S.
    I tried my best to explain to slashdot that these aren't actual urls.

  2. Re:Wouldn't be necessary if... by bickerdyke · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Google Unveils goo.gl URL Shortening Service

    Yes.. but with most CMS, the other option would be, short, unreadable URL with or without bit.ly.

    As most CMS tend create urls like http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243 thats not much different from http://www.bit.ly.example/51234 (less special charackters like ? or = that people might mess up, but besides that...)

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up is much more informative for human readers. Espescially if you have a list of URLs (history or proxy log) that link to the same site, you'll be glad for having the article caption in the URL.

    Say, your friends mailed you several links over the past few weeks.

    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=28043
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=79344
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=97421
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=12034

    Would you be able to see which one was the good one? Much easier with

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up
    http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman-in-Leia-Slave-Dress
    http://www.foobar.example/boring_surveillance
    http://www.foobar.example/Goatse-the-movie
    http://www.foobar.example/Rickrolling

    But you were right. A CMS with a good SEF-URL-Scheme should try to be as tense as those examples. http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman/index.php?sessid=uj99346Ab320ljkldjf&user=woheverwaslookingitup&page=3&find=in-Leia-Slave-Dress&showads=true unites the worst of two worlds.

    P.S.
    I tried my best to explain to slashdot that these aren't actual urls.

  3. Re:Wouldn't be necessary if... by bickerdyke · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Google Unveils goo.gl URL Shortening Service

    Yes.. but with most CMS, the other option would be, short, unreadable URL with or without bit.ly.

    As most CMS tend create urls like http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243 thats not much different from http://www.bit.ly.example/51234 (less special charackters like ? or = that people might mess up, but besides that...)

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up is much more informative for human readers. Espescially if you have a list of URLs (history or proxy log) that link to the same site, you'll be glad for having the article caption in the URL.

    Say, your friends mailed you several links over the past few weeks.

    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=28043
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=79344
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=97421
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=12034

    Would you be able to see which one was the good one? Much easier with

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up
    http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman-in-Leia-Slave-Dress
    http://www.foobar.example/boring_surveillance
    http://www.foobar.example/Goatse-the-movie
    http://www.foobar.example/Rickrolling

    But you were right. A CMS with a good SEF-URL-Scheme should try to be as tense as those examples. http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman/index.php?sessid=uj99346Ab320ljkldjf&user=woheverwaslookingitup&page=3&find=in-Leia-Slave-Dress&showads=true unites the worst of two worlds.

    P.S.
    I tried my best to explain to slashdot that these aren't actual urls.

  4. Re:Wouldn't be necessary if... by bickerdyke · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Google Unveils goo.gl URL Shortening Service

    Yes.. but with most CMS, the other option would be, short, unreadable URL with or without bit.ly.

    As most CMS tend create urls like http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243 thats not much different from http://www.bit.ly.example/51234 (less special charackters like ? or = that people might mess up, but besides that...)

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up is much more informative for human readers. Espescially if you have a list of URLs (history or proxy log) that link to the same site, you'll be glad for having the article caption in the URL.

    Say, your friends mailed you several links over the past few weeks.

    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=28043
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=79344
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=97421
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=12034

    Would you be able to see which one was the good one? Much easier with

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up
    http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman-in-Leia-Slave-Dress
    http://www.foobar.example/boring_surveillance
    http://www.foobar.example/Goatse-the-movie
    http://www.foobar.example/Rickrolling

    But you were right. A CMS with a good SEF-URL-Scheme should try to be as tense as those examples. http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman/index.php?sessid=uj99346Ab320ljkldjf&user=woheverwaslookingitup&page=3&find=in-Leia-Slave-Dress&showads=true unites the worst of two worlds.

    P.S.
    I tried my best to explain to slashdot that these aren't actual urls.

  5. Re:Wouldn't be necessary if... by bickerdyke · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Google Unveils goo.gl URL Shortening Service

    Yes.. but with most CMS, the other option would be, short, unreadable URL with or without bit.ly.

    As most CMS tend create urls like http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243 thats not much different from http://www.bit.ly.example/51234 (less special charackters like ? or = that people might mess up, but besides that...)

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up is much more informative for human readers. Espescially if you have a list of URLs (history or proxy log) that link to the same site, you'll be glad for having the article caption in the URL.

    Say, your friends mailed you several links over the past few weeks.

    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=28043
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=79344
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=97421
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=12034

    Would you be able to see which one was the good one? Much easier with

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up
    http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman-in-Leia-Slave-Dress
    http://www.foobar.example/boring_surveillance
    http://www.foobar.example/Goatse-the-movie
    http://www.foobar.example/Rickrolling

    But you were right. A CMS with a good SEF-URL-Scheme should try to be as tense as those examples. http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman/index.php?sessid=uj99346Ab320ljkldjf&user=woheverwaslookingitup&page=3&find=in-Leia-Slave-Dress&showads=true unites the worst of two worlds.

    P.S.
    I tried my best to explain to slashdot that these aren't actual urls.

  6. Re:Wouldn't be necessary if... by bickerdyke · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Google Unveils goo.gl URL Shortening Service

    Yes.. but with most CMS, the other option would be, short, unreadable URL with or without bit.ly.

    As most CMS tend create urls like http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243 thats not much different from http://www.bit.ly.example/51234 (less special charackters like ? or = that people might mess up, but besides that...)

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up is much more informative for human readers. Espescially if you have a list of URLs (history or proxy log) that link to the same site, you'll be glad for having the article caption in the URL.

    Say, your friends mailed you several links over the past few weeks.

    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=28043
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=79344
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=97421
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=12034

    Would you be able to see which one was the good one? Much easier with

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up
    http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman-in-Leia-Slave-Dress
    http://www.foobar.example/boring_surveillance
    http://www.foobar.example/Goatse-the-movie
    http://www.foobar.example/Rickrolling

    But you were right. A CMS with a good SEF-URL-Scheme should try to be as tense as those examples. http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman/index.php?sessid=uj99346Ab320ljkldjf&user=woheverwaslookingitup&page=3&find=in-Leia-Slave-Dress&showads=true unites the worst of two worlds.

    P.S.
    I tried my best to explain to slashdot that these aren't actual urls.

  7. Re:Wouldn't be necessary if... by bickerdyke · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Google Unveils goo.gl URL Shortening Service

    Yes.. but with most CMS, the other option would be, short, unreadable URL with or without bit.ly.

    As most CMS tend create urls like http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243 thats not much different from http://www.bit.ly.example/51234 (less special charackters like ? or = that people might mess up, but besides that...)

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up is much more informative for human readers. Espescially if you have a list of URLs (history or proxy log) that link to the same site, you'll be glad for having the article caption in the URL.

    Say, your friends mailed you several links over the past few weeks.

    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=28043
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=79344
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=97421
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=12034

    Would you be able to see which one was the good one? Much easier with

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up
    http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman-in-Leia-Slave-Dress
    http://www.foobar.example/boring_surveillance
    http://www.foobar.example/Goatse-the-movie
    http://www.foobar.example/Rickrolling

    But you were right. A CMS with a good SEF-URL-Scheme should try to be as tense as those examples. http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman/index.php?sessid=uj99346Ab320ljkldjf&user=woheverwaslookingitup&page=3&find=in-Leia-Slave-Dress&showads=true unites the worst of two worlds.

    P.S.
    I tried my best to explain to slashdot that these aren't actual urls.

  8. Re:Wouldn't be necessary if... by bickerdyke · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Google Unveils goo.gl URL Shortening Service

    Yes.. but with most CMS, the other option would be, short, unreadable URL with or without bit.ly.

    As most CMS tend create urls like http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243 thats not much different from http://www.bit.ly.example/51234 (less special charackters like ? or = that people might mess up, but besides that...)

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up is much more informative for human readers. Espescially if you have a list of URLs (history or proxy log) that link to the same site, you'll be glad for having the article caption in the URL.

    Say, your friends mailed you several links over the past few weeks.

    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=28043
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=79344
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=97421
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=12034

    Would you be able to see which one was the good one? Much easier with

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up
    http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman-in-Leia-Slave-Dress
    http://www.foobar.example/boring_surveillance
    http://www.foobar.example/Goatse-the-movie
    http://www.foobar.example/Rickrolling

    But you were right. A CMS with a good SEF-URL-Scheme should try to be as tense as those examples. http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman/index.php?sessid=uj99346Ab320ljkldjf&user=woheverwaslookingitup&page=3&find=in-Leia-Slave-Dress&showads=true unites the worst of two worlds.

    P.S.
    I tried my best to explain to slashdot that these aren't actual urls.

  9. Re:Wouldn't be necessary if... by bickerdyke · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Google Unveils goo.gl URL Shortening Service

    Yes.. but with most CMS, the other option would be, short, unreadable URL with or without bit.ly.

    As most CMS tend create urls like http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243 thats not much different from http://www.bit.ly.example/51234 (less special charackters like ? or = that people might mess up, but besides that...)

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up is much more informative for human readers. Espescially if you have a list of URLs (history or proxy log) that link to the same site, you'll be glad for having the article caption in the URL.

    Say, your friends mailed you several links over the past few weeks.

    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=28043
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=79344
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=97421
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=12034

    Would you be able to see which one was the good one? Much easier with

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up
    http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman-in-Leia-Slave-Dress
    http://www.foobar.example/boring_surveillance
    http://www.foobar.example/Goatse-the-movie
    http://www.foobar.example/Rickrolling

    But you were right. A CMS with a good SEF-URL-Scheme should try to be as tense as those examples. http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman/index.php?sessid=uj99346Ab320ljkldjf&user=woheverwaslookingitup&page=3&find=in-Leia-Slave-Dress&showads=true unites the worst of two worlds.

    P.S.
    I tried my best to explain to slashdot that these aren't actual urls.

  10. Re:Wouldn't be necessary if... by bickerdyke · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Google Unveils goo.gl URL Shortening Service

    Yes.. but with most CMS, the other option would be, short, unreadable URL with or without bit.ly.

    As most CMS tend create urls like http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243 thats not much different from http://www.bit.ly.example/51234 (less special charackters like ? or = that people might mess up, but besides that...)

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up is much more informative for human readers. Espescially if you have a list of URLs (history or proxy log) that link to the same site, you'll be glad for having the article caption in the URL.

    Say, your friends mailed you several links over the past few weeks.

    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=28043
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=79344
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=97421
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=12034

    Would you be able to see which one was the good one? Much easier with

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up
    http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman-in-Leia-Slave-Dress
    http://www.foobar.example/boring_surveillance
    http://www.foobar.example/Goatse-the-movie
    http://www.foobar.example/Rickrolling

    But you were right. A CMS with a good SEF-URL-Scheme should try to be as tense as those examples. http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman/index.php?sessid=uj99346Ab320ljkldjf&user=woheverwaslookingitup&page=3&find=in-Leia-Slave-Dress&showads=true unites the worst of two worlds.

    P.S.
    I tried my best to explain to slashdot that these aren't actual urls.

  11. Re:Wouldn't be necessary if... by bickerdyke · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Google Unveils goo.gl URL Shortening Service

    Yes.. but with most CMS, the other option would be, short, unreadable URL with or without bit.ly.

    As most CMS tend create urls like http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243 thats not much different from http://www.bit.ly.example/51234 (less special charackters like ? or = that people might mess up, but besides that...)

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up is much more informative for human readers. Espescially if you have a list of URLs (history or proxy log) that link to the same site, you'll be glad for having the article caption in the URL.

    Say, your friends mailed you several links over the past few weeks.

    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=28043
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=79344
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=97421
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=12034

    Would you be able to see which one was the good one? Much easier with

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up
    http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman-in-Leia-Slave-Dress
    http://www.foobar.example/boring_surveillance
    http://www.foobar.example/Goatse-the-movie
    http://www.foobar.example/Rickrolling

    But you were right. A CMS with a good SEF-URL-Scheme should try to be as tense as those examples. http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman/index.php?sessid=uj99346Ab320ljkldjf&user=woheverwaslookingitup&page=3&find=in-Leia-Slave-Dress&showads=true unites the worst of two worlds.

    P.S.
    I tried my best to explain to slashdot that these aren't actual urls.

  12. Re:Wouldn't be necessary if... by bickerdyke · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Google Unveils goo.gl URL Shortening Service

    Yes.. but with most CMS, the other option would be, short, unreadable URL with or without bit.ly.

    As most CMS tend create urls like http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243 thats not much different from http://www.bit.ly.example/51234 (less special charackters like ? or = that people might mess up, but besides that...)

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up is much more informative for human readers. Espescially if you have a list of URLs (history or proxy log) that link to the same site, you'll be glad for having the article caption in the URL.

    Say, your friends mailed you several links over the past few weeks.

    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=28043
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=79344
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=97421
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=12034

    Would you be able to see which one was the good one? Much easier with

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up
    http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman-in-Leia-Slave-Dress
    http://www.foobar.example/boring_surveillance
    http://www.foobar.example/Goatse-the-movie
    http://www.foobar.example/Rickrolling

    But you were right. A CMS with a good SEF-URL-Scheme should try to be as tense as those examples. http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman/index.php?sessid=uj99346Ab320ljkldjf&user=woheverwaslookingitup&page=3&find=in-Leia-Slave-Dress&showads=true unites the worst of two worlds.

    P.S.
    I tried my best to explain to slashdot that these aren't actual urls.

  13. Re:Wouldn't be necessary if... by bickerdyke · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Google Unveils goo.gl URL Shortening Service

    Yes.. but with most CMS, the other option would be, short, unreadable URL with or without bit.ly.

    As most CMS tend create urls like http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243 thats not much different from http://www.bit.ly.example/51234 (less special charackters like ? or = that people might mess up, but besides that...)

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up is much more informative for human readers. Espescially if you have a list of URLs (history or proxy log) that link to the same site, you'll be glad for having the article caption in the URL.

    Say, your friends mailed you several links over the past few weeks.

    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=51243
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=28043
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=79344
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=97421
    http://www.foobar.example/index.php?articleid=12034

    Would you be able to see which one was the good one? Much easier with

    http://www.foobar.example/Never-gonna-give-you-up
    http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman-in-Leia-Slave-Dress
    http://www.foobar.example/boring_surveillance
    http://www.foobar.example/Goatse-the-movie
    http://www.foobar.example/Rickrolling

    But you were right. A CMS with a good SEF-URL-Scheme should try to be as tense as those examples. http://www.foobar.example/Natalie-Portman/index.php?sessid=uj99346Ab320ljkldjf&user=woheverwaslookingitup&page=3&find=in-Leia-Slave-Dress&showads=true unites the worst of two worlds.

    P.S.
    I tried my best to explain to slashdot that these aren't actual urls.