Short URLs Why and How
Tech blog: 2022-05-08 If you make your own website, consider making short URLs. This is not about a URL shortener. This is about making your original URLs short in the first place. Instead of: yoursite.com/blog/2022/05/08/short-urls-why-and-how.html ... consider just: yoursite.com/short Why? Short URLs matter for a few reasons: You can remember them. You can avoid the search engine step. No need to search when you already know the answer. Which means... You can tell someone. You can even say it out loud! Whether answering an email or talking to someone on the phone, I can say, "Go to sive.rs/ff for my talk about the first follower." or "My newest book is at sive.rs/h." I do this often, so having memorable URLs saves me a lot of searching. They look nicer. They're aesthetic. They show care. We should put something of beauty into the world, instead of creating digital pollution....