2011
Hash URIs - W3C Blog
There’s been quite a bit of discussion recently about the use of hash-bang URIs
Broken Links
Before events took this bad turn, the contract represented by a link was simple: “Here’s a string, send it off to a server and the server will figure out what it identifies and send you back a representation.”
Going Postel
It would appear that hash-bang usage is on the rise, despite the fact that it was never intended as a long-term solution. Instead, the pattern (or anti-pattern) was intended as a last resort for crawling Ajax-obfuscated content.
Breaking the Web with hash-bangs
by 1 otherThe #!-baked URL (hash-bang) syntax first came into the general web developer spotlight when Google announced a method web developers could use to allow Google to crawl Ajax-dependent websites
2010
2009
tr.im URLs | tr.im R.I.P.
And, users will not pay for URL shortening, and why should they?
On url shorteners
by 2 othersThe extra layer of indirection slows down browsing with additional DNS lookups and server hits
2008
Japan: URL's Are Totally Out
In Japan, rather than URLs, advertisers are promoting search terms
2007
Google Analytics Hack - obtaining full referring URL
I managed to find a way to use the urchinTracker function to place the exact referring URL into the top content report. I know it's a bit of a nasty hack, but I'm willing to live with it
1
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