What? On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:39 PM, Ashley Butler < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Please stop emailing me! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Joe Ortenzi > Sent: Wednesday, 5 November 2008 3:30 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] URL length best practices [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] > > 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_an > d_ornaments/full_product_list.htm<http://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_an > d_ornaments/full_product_list.htm<http://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. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of silky > > Sent: Wednesday, 5 November 2008 11:28 AM > > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > > Subject: Re: [WSG] URL length best practices > > > > 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. > > > > -- > > noon silky > > http://skillsforvilla.tumblr.com/ > > http://www.themonkeynet.com/armada/ > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > > > *********************************************************************** > > WARNING: The information contained in this email may be confidential. > > If you are not the intended recipient, any use or copying of any part > > of this information is unauthorised. 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