... a long [Google] [URL] ...






... a short Google URL ...




... why this matters to contributors to
[the comp.lang.tcl newsgroup], 
editors of [Tcl-URL!],
and authors of 
this [Wiki] ...











The technique:  ...

   * http://tinyurl.com/
   * http://snurl.com/


2004/11/02 [sheila] How long does Tcl-URL! and the Tclers' Wiki require URLs to maintain accuracy? (fun tangent, ''Deep Time: How Humanity Communicates Across Millennia'' [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0380975378/102-6072512-7112142?v=glance]) 

2004/11/02 [MAK] Shortened URLs such as those from tinyurl are usually temporary.  They're usually used when a person is likely to need to copy and paste the URL (such as from a text-only chat, news or email client), but not useful as links in web pages and wikis.  Particularly in this wiki, surrounding a URL in brackets produces a numeric link as in the above, which avoids the aesthetic problems of long URLs in wiki pages. 
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