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Re: Removing prepositions [message #174281 is a reply to message #174273] Mon, 30 May 2011 23:10 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Michael Fesser is currently offline  Michael Fesser
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.oO(Jerry Stuckle)

> On 5/30/2011 3:08 AM, jwcarlton wrote:
>>
>> Jerry, I'm not entirely sure that you understand my point. Currently,
>> they would go to www.example.com/forum/, and if they wanted to go
>> directly to a thread, it would be something like:
>>
>> www.example.com/forum/view/?msg=12345
>>
>> I doubt that anyone is typing this in directly, but the link would
>> still work, so bookmarks would be fine. They would still go to
>> www.example.com/forum/; I'm just changing the link to the thread to:
>>
>> www.example.com/forum/this-is-the-subject/12345/
>>
>
> Sure I understand your point

Obviously not.

> and my statement stands.

No. Neither does he change what users type in, nor does he touch their
texts, nor does he drive users away. He just generates URLs from the
submitted content like almost every blog software on this planet. He
just asked about how to optimize it.

If you upload a picture to an image hoster, would you get upset and be
driven away by the fact that a script on that site will automatically
generate a thumbnail from what you've uploaded?

> Additionally, why do you think this will do you any good?

User-friendly and readable/speaking URLs.

Compare these:

www.example.com/forum/?msg=12345
www.example.com/forum/this-here-is-the-text-about-that-something
www.example.com/forum/text-about-something

Obviously the last one would be preferred.

> Search
> engines are very good at finding sites who try to scam them for better
> ratings.

Who's trying to scam here?

> Build a good site and it will get ranked high. Build a crappy site and
> it will be ranked low. Try to scam the search engines and it won't be
> ranked at all.

A good site will be even better with good URLs. And all the OP wants is
to automatically create them - short and precise.

Micha
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