Comments on: Amazon does speaking URLs http://pinds.com/2006/10/25/amazon-does-speaking-urls/ spiritual entrepreneurship, personal growth, internet, food, politics. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:13:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Obdam http://pinds.com/2006/10/25/amazon-does-speaking-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-1233 Chris Obdam Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:41:58 +0000 http://pinds.com/2007/07/27/amazon-does-speaking-urls#comment-1233 The title part of the URL can be replaced with everything, so the session part can never be removed. http://www.amazon.com/pinds/dp/0071421157/. Redirects to the same page. The title part of the URL can be replaced with everything, so the session part can never be removed. http://www.amazon.com/pinds/dp/0071421157/.
Redirects to the same page.

]]> By: Lars Pind http://pinds.com/2006/10/25/amazon-does-speaking-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-1234 Lars Pind Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:41:58 +0000 http://pinds.com/2007/07/27/amazon-does-speaking-urls#comment-1234 By "session part" I was referring to all the crap they add to the URLs *after* what I copied above. If you click on the link above, and then click on any link on that page, it'll have a bunch of stuff added. That stuff is really ugly, and by default, if you copy-paste a URL from their site, you'll still get all that uglyness. By "session part" I was referring to all the crap they add to the URLs *after* what I copied above. If you click on the link above, and then click on any link on that page, it’ll have a bunch of stuff added. That stuff is really ugly, and by default, if you copy-paste a URL from their site, you’ll still get all that uglyness.

]]> By: Jonas http://pinds.com/2006/10/25/amazon-does-speaking-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-1235 Jonas Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:41:58 +0000 http://pinds.com/2007/07/27/amazon-does-speaking-urls#comment-1235 Uglyness prevails, also in the architecture of URLs. Uglyness prevails, also in the architecture of URLs.

]]> By: Shannon http://pinds.com/2006/10/25/amazon-does-speaking-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-1236 Shannon Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:41:58 +0000 http://pinds.com/2007/07/27/amazon-does-speaking-urls#comment-1236 How do del.icio.us and flickr keep their urls nice and tidy? How do del.icio.us and flickr keep their urls nice and tidy?

]]> By: Jarkko http://pinds.com/2006/10/25/amazon-does-speaking-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 Jarkko Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:41:58 +0000 http://pinds.com/2007/07/27/amazon-does-speaking-urls#comment-1237 The crap there actually serves an important purpose for them. In this year's Reboot Jesse James Garrett demonstrated how the url's reflect which link was clicked on which page, in which part of the page etc. That way Amazon can track their users on a much more granular level. I, too, hate the obscure url's but have a lot higher tolerance for them (only in this case, not generally) after the presentation. I _think_ it would be possible to do the tracking using javascript (like "Crazyegg":http://www.crazyegg.com does), but I guess it's just too heavy for the amount of page loads Amazon.com serves. The crap there actually serves an important purpose for them. In this year’s Reboot Jesse James Garrett demonstrated how the url’s reflect which link was clicked on which page, in which part of the page etc. That way Amazon can track their users on a much more granular level.

I, too, hate the obscure url’s but have a lot higher tolerance for them (only in this case, not generally) after the presentation. I _think_ it would be possible to do the tracking using javascript (like "Crazyegg":http://www.crazyegg.com does), but I guess it’s just too heavy for the amount of page loads Amazon.com serves.

]]> By: chakpak http://pinds.com/2006/10/25/amazon-does-speaking-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-1238 chakpak Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:41:58 +0000 http://pinds.com/2007/07/27/amazon-does-speaking-urls#comment-1238 This is supposed to give better search engine rankings. This is supposed to give better search engine rankings.

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