Friendly URL’s at Amazon Nov10 '05
I swear, one day (of course, I probably won’t be around anymore), Amazon.com will finally get friendly URL’s!
I know there’s URL "converter" applications out there - which basically take the extremely long Amazon URL, and make it into something really short. I’ve seen some of these web sites, but I’ve never really seen this idea take off.
In any case, I’d like to share my Amazon Wish List with my family and friends - but the URL is so uncontrollably long - I practically need two emails to forward it to others! (sarcasm, yes.) I was "crafty," and was able to found a much shorter URL to that Wish List linked above.
And to be fair, Amazon URL’s have improved, over the years. I have been noticing more clear, descriptive URL’s, and definitely much shorter. So I am being a little over-dramatic here. But I still have a point.
I still dream of the day that my Wish List URL looks something like this:
http://wish-list.amazon.com/users/matt-thommes/34238123/
Aaaah, nice, sweet, and pretty. Not to mention descriptive, and self-explanatory.
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Josh beat me to it, but I actually did it for you: http://tinyurl.com/dnvhl ... Read more.
Thanks Josh... I agree TinyURL is helpful. But like you said - for the WHOLE of Amazon - this is not the way to go. After all - we're looking for ... Read more.
Yeah I agree. It bugs me not knowing where a URL will take me, which makes me opposed to TinyURL in a way. For things like your wishlist, however, ... Read more.
Thanks Andy - yeah, works fine. I have to admit it's pretty nifty. ... Read more.
I agree about semantic meaning. I wonder if there is a service out there that lets you generate a categorical URL that might help--this still isn' ... Read more.
Brilliant, Andy! (It sure helps that Dreamhost comes with unlimited ... Read more.
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http://tinyurl.com/ is great if you want to share your wishlist or something. Obviously it's not a solution for t ... Read more.