An added comment: I prefer the brackets ("<" and ">") because at least I
know what I'm sending.
I have always been leary of tiny url. I don't know how they do this, except
that they use javascript. And they have no privacy policy posted. And I
don't know what's in a tiny url -- tracking code, for example? Something
has to happen on their server -- your click has to go through them. So
what's up here?
When someone clicks on a tiny url link in an email, my understanding is that
there is code running in the background. I assume that there is a trade-off
here -- that tiny url is getting something from this transaction, and they
aren't telling anyone what that is. Makes me nervous.
Just my paranoid two cents.
Dave Middlebrook
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Mack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv'"
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Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 12:22 PM
Subject: [MOSAIC] Long Links in email - use tinyurl.com
> One thing to think about when posting URL or web links to a listserv is
> "how
> will this link look to 1000+ people?"
>
> We had several instances of "broken links" that have come across to the
> list. This happens when a really LONG URL looks fine when you paste it,
> but
> then is "broken up" in the translation of sending and then eventually to
> what the recipient sees.
>
> Example of broken link (this looked fine when I pasted it):
> http://www.sandwich.k12.ma.us/District%20Guided%20Reading%20Program.
> pdf#search=%22defining%20guided%20reading
> %22
>
> SOLUTION - use http://www.tinyurl.com
> TinyURL takes a really long link and makes is into a link that is much
> friendlier in email. The long URL above becomes: http://tinyurl.com/k65tb.
> This is useable by our 1000+ member community where the long URL is not.
>
> REASONING
> 1. Communication - you want people on this list to be able to click and
> find
> the resource, not to spend time trying to trace what the URL really is.
>
> 2. Prevents the annoying "The link you sent does work!" message from being
> sent out to 1000's of members again and again. (Thankfully this hasn't
> happened yet - whew)
>
> Another one that I use is http://snipurl.com/. Does the same thing, but
> allows me to keep my own list of links.
>
> So, when you paste a great link in a message to this list, take a look at
> how it "wraps". My rule is that if link is that half of a line of text is
> OK
> for a URL. Longer than half a line I use http://www.tinyurl.com. It just
> takes a few seconds and can save us all a lot of time and server
> resources.
>
> IF a link doesn't work, resist the urge to hit "reply". Instead, contact
> the
> INDIVIDUAL not the entire list and let them know about the problem.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Keith Mack
> Web Administrator for Mosaic Listserv
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Office 360.398.2479
> Mobile 360.739.6477
> Fax 360.398.2679
>
>
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