Why you should be using disambiguated URLs - The Diigo Meta page

• 21 Jun 07
  

  John Oliver Coffey

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• 03 Jun 07
  

  Fuzbolero .

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  • Good URLs are important. The best URLs are readable, reliable and hackable.

  • Combined that’s 433 saves; much more impressive, and more likely to end up at the top of a social sharing sites.

      

    Here’s a useful rule of thumb:

      

    Links to (and within) your site should never, ever end with index.php / index.html / default.aspx / any default directory index filename.

      

    The whole point those defaults is that you can link to the containing directory to see their content, resulting in a shorter and prettier URL. If you’re linking to them directly you’re missing out on a golden opportunity to disambiguate your URLs.

      

    Disambiguating your URLs isn’t particularly difficult. The no-www site offers tips on having one domain name redirect to the other, and there are various mod_rewrite techniques for achieving the desired effect as well.
• 01 Jun 07
  

  Matt Vance
• 30 May 07
  

  Guy Fawkes

  Good URLs should be unambiguous. By that, I mean that any logical piece of content should have one and only one definitive URL, with any alternatives acting as a permanent redirect.

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• 25 Apr 07
  

  There’s one aspect of URL design that is often ignored. Good URLs should be unambiguous. By that, I mean that any logical piece of content should have one and only one definitive URL, with any alternatives acting as a permanent redirect.

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• 18 Apr 07
  

  Paul Ours

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• 23 Feb 07
  

  Flavio Ensiki

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• 14 Feb 07
  

  Edgar Muñoz

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• 12 Feb 07
  

  urban sheep

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  Renato Albano

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• 11 Feb 07
  

  Are Halland

  "Good URLs are important. The best URLs are readable, reliable and hackable."

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• 09 Feb 07
  

  Beatrix Bammel

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• 08 Feb 07
  

  Chee Aun Lim

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• 07 Feb 07
  

  Andre Malheiro

  I mean that any logical piece of content should have one and only one definitive URL, with any alternatives acting as a permanent redirect.

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• 04 Feb 07
  

  Jean-Marc Fontaine

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