URL Shortening Destroying the Web

We make good descriptive URIs just to get it converted to some random meaningless string. :(

Believe it: the humble hyperlink, thanks to pervasive URL shortening, can now be wielded as a weapon. The internet is the house that PageRank built, and it’s all predicated on hyperlinks. Once you start making every link your special flavor of “shortened” link, framing the target content — heck, maybe wrapping it in a few ads for good measure — you’ve completely turned that system on its head.

Read the full article: Url Shorteners: Destroying the Web Since 2002

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  1. It has drawbacks and advantage also

    October 6, 2009 at 7:44 pm pixelerator