Comments on: The downside of URL shorteners http://rc3.org/2009/04/04/the-downside-of-url-shorteners/ Strong opinions weakly held Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:37:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: BuzzNova http://rc3.org/2009/04/04/the-downside-of-url-shorteners/comment-page-1/#comment-5148 BuzzNova Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:43:18 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=9360#comment-5148 <p>If you have a wordpress blog, then use your own shortening service: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/short-url-plugin/</p> If you have a wordpress blog, then use your own shortening service: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/short-url-plugin/

]]> By: Adrian http://rc3.org/2009/04/04/the-downside-of-url-shorteners/comment-page-1/#comment-5147 Adrian Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:12:41 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=9360#comment-5147 <p>have you ever seen urls as hideously cumbersome as raleigh's? e.g., urban design center:</p> <p>http://www.raleigh-nc.org/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_306_200_0_43/http;/pt03/DIG_Web_Content/category/Business/Strategic_Planning/Urban_Design/Cat-Index.html</p> <p>that's obscene! somebody should be flogged! city of raleigh HOME page:</p> <p>http://www.raleigh-nc.org/portal/server.pt?space=CommunityPage&cached=true&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=0&in_hi_userid=2&control=SetCommunity&PageID=0&CommunityID=208</p> <p>somebody needs to fix the website architecture at raleigh-nc.org to get all the implementation details out of the urls. its downright embarrassing for a city that wants to be a tech center. and its been like that for a long time--they need some major embarrassment to make them straighten up.</p> have you ever seen urls as hideously cumbersome as raleigh’s? e.g., urban design center:

http://www.raleigh-nc.org/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_306_200_0_43/http;/pt03/DIG_Web_Content/category/Business/Strategic_Planning/Urban_Design/Cat-Index.html

that’s obscene! somebody should be flogged! city of raleigh HOME page:

http://www.raleigh-nc.org/portal/server.pt?space=CommunityPage&cached=true&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=0&in_hi_userid=2&control=SetCommunity&PageID=0&CommunityID=208

somebody needs to fix the website architecture at raleigh-nc.org to get all the implementation details out of the urls. its downright embarrassing for a city that wants to be a tech center. and its been like that for a long time–they need some major embarrassment to make them straighten up.

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