Sorry for being a bit off topic but.
I think you missed a point about friendly URLs
For each of these examples you state, you really don't want to burden
your marketing team with urls like your example:
www.chrisandhispetstore.com/what_i_keep_in_stock/supplies_for_birds/cages_and_ornaments/full_product_list.htm
when any sensible marketer will tell you:
www.chrisandhispetstore.com/products
is where you should point them, and then let them find "cages" in one
click on that page., maybe even at
www.chrisandhispetstore.com/products/cages
the long and friendly URL is really for the final page, which should
not bury a full product list so deeply and should be titled /
product_list.html anyway.
BAD IA IMHO
Joe
OK, in marketing terms you can easily create your own TinyURL by
redirecting vimportant traffic through a rewrite.
On 05/11/2008, at 12:40 PM, Chris Vickery wrote:
More reasons to keep 'em short:
1. Makes it easy to quote URL (maybe over the phone)
2. I've seen a few email or publication programs break URLs where
there's a line return, so breaks the hyperlink
3. Makes layout difficult for desktop publishers and marketing ie.
www.chrisandhispetstore.com/what_i_keep_in_stock/supplies_for_birds/cages_and_ornaments/full_product_list.htm
4. If it's longer than the width of the address bar then the whole
URL is not visible.
Accessibility isn't just about clean code and text to speech
readers. It's about good IA and making everything generally better
to get at.
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On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Joe Ortenzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
other than making sense and having a strong connection with the
page the
content is on, there is no direct reason, other than being a bit
sensible
about it, I wouldn't advise testing out the 2048 characters.
of course there is a good reason: so it's typable. not every url
should required to be clicked to be gotten to.
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