Comments on: The Power and Confusion of the Permalink http://timmurtaugh.com/the-power-and-confusion-of-the-permalink/ Web Developer & Bon Vivant-in-Training Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:35:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Daniel Groves http://timmurtaugh.com/the-power-and-confusion-of-the-permalink/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Daniel Groves Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:35:20 +0000 http://timmurtaugh.com/?p=154#comment-73 I have got to agree with you here, this is a growing problem. It is, as a result, something I always try avoid screwing up on my sites by using properly structured permalinks. Nice articles ;) I have got to agree with you here, this is a growing problem. It is, as a result, something I always try avoid screwing up on my sites by using properly structured permalinks.

Nice articles ;)

]]> By: Tim Murtaugh http://timmurtaugh.com/the-power-and-confusion-of-the-permalink/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Tim Murtaugh Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:44:26 +0000 http://timmurtaugh.com/?p=154#comment-72 You're right — bothering with "human readable" URLs isn't all that compelling, given how many URLs are compressed (and therefore obfuscated) via URL shorteners. You’re right — bothering with “human readable” URLs isn’t all that compelling, given how many URLs are compressed (and therefore obfuscated) via URL shorteners.

]]> By: Joe Clark http://timmurtaugh.com/the-power-and-confusion-of-the-permalink/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Joe Clark Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:40:03 +0000 http://timmurtaugh.com/?p=154#comment-71 Well, it seems you’re actually advocating that we put in time and effort to make already unreadable, overlong, unwieldy URLs marginally less so. I do agree with the <code>#comments</code> example, certainly, but really: Why not provide the shortest Amazon URL, and why link to anything at all that breaks up a single article into pageview-inflating chunks? Well, it seems you’re actually advocating that we put in time and effort to make already unreadable, overlong, unwieldy URLs marginally less so. I do agree with the #comments example, certainly, but really: Why not provide the shortest Amazon URL, and why link to anything at all that breaks up a single article into pageview-inflating chunks?

]]> By: riddle http://timmurtaugh.com/the-power-and-confusion-of-the-permalink/comment-page-1/#comment-69 riddle Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:16:07 +0000 http://timmurtaugh.com/?p=154#comment-69 Don’t forget about "utm" crap appended to every link being tracked by Feedburner and/or Google Analytics. Usually it goes like this: http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/01/gowalla-adobe-chipotle/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29 I can’t stand when people give me links like this. Don’t forget about “utm” crap appended to every link being tracked by Feedburner and/or Google Analytics. Usually it goes like this:

http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/01/gowalla-adobe-chipotle/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

I can’t stand when people give me links like this.

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