mack
msg:4397814 | 3:08 pm on Dec 14, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Thats quite useful. I hate receiving emails with shortened URLs
I don't understand the point in using them within emails. It would be far better and instill a lot more trust to display the full address as opposed to one provided by a url shortening service.
Mack.
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lexipixel
msg:4397881 | 5:05 pm on Dec 14, 2011 (gmt 0) |
It kind of gives me an idea.. (Since I have too many, and not enough time for most -- I'll share it).
They have URL shorteners....
Now we have a URL expander....
Maybe there's a need for something in-between: A shortener that leaves the domain name intact and only compact everything after the first slash, e.g.-
www.example.com/dir_full_of_stuff/dir2/other/my-very-very-very-long-filename.html
becomes:
www.example.com/AbjzCc123
...that way you send a identifiable but shortened URL that people can trust.
It would likely need to be a site hosted add-on that hooks a database of generated unique codes that translate the request via ReWrite in .htaccess (maybe it exists already?)
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mack
msg:4397924 | 6:47 pm on Dec 14, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Makes sence if you are mailing your site users and want to link to a deep page. Would be quote easy with a redirect.
I think a lot of companies already do something similar when they use tv ads. example.com/win leads to something like example.com/web/content/en/competition/december
Mack
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