tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073408.post113819952587152133..comments2008-12-10T21:01:04.603-05:00Peter Lanoiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11480942345027154915noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073408.post-1155908822534666032006-08-18T09:47:00.000-04:002006-08-18T09:47:00.000-04:00Blog spammers...lame. Time to start using a Kaptcha on your blog Mr. GeekDork.<BR/><BR/>Wikipidia uses "simple urls". For example:<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland<BR/><BR/>Now, if I wanted information on an "eagle", I may try this directly:<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle<BR/><BR/>Well, as one poster said, it helps the search engines perhaps. It also helps me sometimes, when I simply change the URL directly in wiki...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073408.post-1143479639486025792006-03-27T12:13:00.000-05:002006-03-27T12:13:00.000-05:00I think that mostly the URL rewriting is used for search engines. It shows the user that full path and give the search engine something more to help rank your pages.Eric D. Burdohttp://www.ogametips.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073408.post-1138631228725148002006-01-30T09:27:00.000-05:002006-01-30T09:27:00.000-05:00Aww poor Russ, but very illustrative - I've had the same conversation with my mom many times. Nice to see that thoughtless design and navigation is a cross-industry problem.lichenhttp://www.remainingrelevant.netnoreply@blogger.com