Beyond the debate about security in following email links, redirects and then the discussion of poorly designed urls the weirdest thing about the use of tinyurl in the BBC Archive email is that the urls they were substituting weren't that long in the first place:
http://tinyurl.com/2fkqes goes to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/trial/forgotton_password.shtml and... http://tinyurl.com/29t4o5 goes to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/trial/ ...then to compound the confusion the email signs off with the real url: Regards, The BBC archive trial team bbc.co.uk/archive/trial/ sometimes things just don't make sense ~:-\ J. On 5/11/07 17:52, "Tom Loosemore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Using TinyUrl is a symptom of poorly designed urls... > > On 05/11/2007, Sean Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Adam wrote: >>> Tinyurl is a great service and i can understand why it is used, but i >>> feel that using this type of service in a wider audience is a bad idea. >> >> >> We're having this exact same argument at the moment here, and I would >> agree that ideally this service should be located under the main >> publisher's domain. >> >> The Guardian uses tinyurl extensively, as do many other publications. >> We have decided to build our own system instead, as at least this way we >> are able to track who's clicking the links and where they're coming from >> as well. >> >> Seán >> >> - >> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please >> visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. >> Unofficial list archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ >> > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
