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Re: Probably the worst URL scheme ever

#41

Post by tsahyt »

franze wrote: post #39

i have seen worse. i.e. sites that show on page with the url http://www.example.com and another page with the URL http://www.example.com and even after another click the URL http://www.example.com with completely new content and sites, that use a logic like this http://www.example.com/357893857435/sfjsfsfsfd/this-should-b... where http://www.example.com/357893857435/sfjsfsfsfd/this-is-shoul... and http://www.example.…

Quite frankly, I despise the use of "SEO URLs" altogether. It's basically a waste of bytes.

Re: Probably the worst URL scheme ever

#42

Post by XarotheOne »

endgame wrote: post #16
XarotheOne wrote: post #10

Haha that is epic. EDIT: I apologise for the really bad comment. I have read the rules now and will only put high quality posts from now on. Thankyou.

http://thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=epic

Actually thanks for that, I didn't realise so many people were against it but I shall refrain from using the word "epic" in a context that it should be used.

Re: Probably the worst URL scheme ever

#44

Post by aerique »

masnick wrote: post #33
joosters wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, all those *2s could easily have been optimised into a left shift operator.

Oh so the *2s have some sort of meaning beyond random URL garbage? Please explain! I've always been curious.

No, I think it is just a joke: if you parse "*2" as "times two" you could optimize it in code by shifting the bits left since bit shifting operations are cheaper than multiplication.

#b0001 = 1

#b0010 = 2

#b0100 = 4

#b1000 = 8

Re: Probably the worst URL scheme ever

#45

Post by davedx »

tsahyt wrote: post #41
franze wrote: post #39

i have seen worse. i.e. sites that show on page with the url http://www.example.com and another page with the URL http://www.example.com and even after another click the URL http://www.example.com with completely new content and sites, that use a logic like this http://www.example.com/357893857435/sfjsfsfsfd/this-should-b... where http://www.example.com/357893857435/sfjsfsfsfd/this-is-shoul... and http://www.example.…

Quite frankly, I despise the use of "SEO URLs" altogether. It's basically a waste of bytes.

Not if you view SEO as genuinely helping search engines to find content in a way that improves the discoverability of web pages.

If it's purely to boost rankings artificially, then yes, I agree.

Re: Probably the worst URL scheme ever

#46

Post by masklinn »

hamoid wrote: post #34

I still think the one used by the Spanish Congress is worse. URL for legal document 162/000609: http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/...

Legal portals are generally gasbage, here's the french one for Article L511-1 of the environmental code: http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCodeArticle.do?idArticle...

Re: Probably the worst URL scheme ever

#47

Post by masnick »

aerique wrote: post #44
masnick wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh so the *2s have some sort of meaning beyond random URL garbage? Please explain! I've always been curious.

No, I think it is just a joke: if you parse "*2" as "times two" you could optimize it in code by shifting the bits left since bit shifting operations are cheaper than multiplication. #b0001 = 1 #b0010 = 2 #b0100 = 4 #b1000 = 8

Haha thanks for the explanation.

Re: Probably the worst URL scheme ever

#48

Post by ramses0 »

ozh wrote: post #37

How about http://www.tsa.gov/tsa-pre%E2%9C%93%E2%84%A2 ? It's "TSA-Pre✓™" and you have to type in the checkmark and the trademark symbols, otherwise it 404s Edit: ho, they fixed that and it's redirected. Too bad, that was funny :)

"I can't imagine the skill required to do this without the experience to know it's a bad idea" (can't find the source for this quote, but you should get the sentiment).

...ahhh... found it: """"How do you attain the skills required to do this while not also learning not to?" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4711355 """

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