Comment on In search of the perfect URLparentComments−nmjohn10yAmazons URL's are actually quite interesting - Original: http://www.amazon.com/Structure-Interpretation-Computer-Programs-Engineering/dp/0262510871/ Equivalent: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0262510871 http://www.amazon.com/dp/0262510871/something-else http://www.amazon.com/something/dp/0262510871 http://www.amazon.com/something/dp/0262510871/something-else It appears so long as 'dp/0262510871' is in the url (without dp/# appearing before it, but a second one after is fine) it works.−cpeterso10yOr simply http://amzn.com/0262510871−rawdisk10yHTTP/1.1 301 Moved PermanentlyThis is a URL shortener that just redirects to the full URL that has same number. Easier to type but otherwise acomplishes nothing. Server with the content still needs full URL. All this shorter URL gets you is the full URL.
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Amazons URL's are actually quite interesting -
It appears so long as 'dp/0262510871' is in the url (without dp/# appearing before it, but a second one after is fine) it works.Or simply http://amzn.com/0262510871
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
This is a URL shortener that just redirects to the full URL that has same number. Easier to type but otherwise acomplishes nothing. Server with the content still needs full URL. All this shorter URL gets you is the full URL.