Comments on: Cool URIs don’t change; so what’s considered ‘cool’? http://eseth.org/2007/cool-uris Making close friends suffer through crappy writing since aught-one. Wed, 21 May 2008 19:14:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: elyograg http://eseth.org/2007/cool-uris#comment-12711 Mon, 21 May 2007 01:44:13 +0000 http://eseth.org/2007/cool-uris#comment-12711 <p>Apache tacks on the trailing slash for my pages when it isn't included.</p> <p>I generally type the uri without the trailing slash in my browser and in emails, comments, etc. That is, I will do so unless I happen to be doing cut/paste and forget to remove it.</p> Apache tacks on the trailing slash for my pages when it isn’t included.

I generally type the uri without the trailing slash in my browser and in emails, comments, etc. That is, I will do so unless I happen to be doing cut/paste and forget to remove it.

]]> by: whiteinge http://eseth.org/2007/cool-uris#comment-9626 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:42:13 +0000 http://eseth.org/2007/cool-uris#comment-9626 <p>Those are all good suggestions, lobo235. Perhaps it is best to keep file extensions out of the URL if only for the sake of--as you mentioned--keeping things short and simple for the (non-tecnical) user.</p> Those are all good suggestions, lobo235. Perhaps it is best to keep file extensions out of the URL if only for the sake of—as you mentioned—keeping things short and simple for the (non-tecnical) user.

]]> by: lobo235 http://eseth.org/2007/cool-uris#comment-9625 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:15:24 +0000 http://eseth.org/2007/cool-uris#comment-9625 <p>I agree that the HTTP protocol is under-utilized and somehow we need to change that. Here are some tips for URIs that I have learned as I have built websites:</p> <ul> <li>The URI should describe the content of the page.</li> <li>Use all lowercase URIs; it's easier to type and just plain better.</li> <li>URIs should be unique to the page. A page should not have multiple URIs. INDEX.html and index.html should not point to the same place.</li> <li>Keep URIs short. They will be easier to type and write down.</li> <li>Keywords describing the page can be placed in the page's URI to help increase search engine rankings.</li> </ul> <p>Overall, a good URI should make sense if your average site visitor looks at it. It should be memorable to the point that it could be easily memorized or written down.</p> <p>Just my two cents.</p> I agree that the HTTP protocol is under-utilized and somehow we need to change that. Here are some tips for URIs that I have learned as I have built websites:

  • The URI should describe the content of the page.
  • Use all lowercase URIs; it’s easier to type and just plain better.
  • URIs should be unique to the page. A page should not have multiple URIs. INDEX.html and index.html should not point to the same place.
  • Keep URIs short. They will be easier to type and write down.
  • Keywords describing the page can be placed in the page’s URI to help increase search engine rankings.

Overall, a good URI should make sense if your average site visitor looks at it. It should be memorable to the point that it could be easily memorized or written down.

Just my two cents.

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