[thelist] tinyURL usage

On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 01:38:16PM -0500, rudy wrote:
> give up, guys
> use tinyurl.com

I kind think tinyURL and things of their ILK are actually a bad idea.

I find 5 years time it goes bust or starts using ads then all the hyperlinks
in mailing list archives etc... will be lost, and searching archives won't be
much use.

I understand the idea in principle, but I think encouraging webmasters to
create shorter URL it's a better idea.

Also, many URLs can be shortened:
e.g.
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=evolt

Can be shortened to:
	http://www.google.com/search?q=evolt
and still function correctly,

Usually there's only one or two key pieces of information.

I think ifpossible people should try to do that.

- Kevin