>> > <http://evolt. >> org/article/Of_Web_Sites_and_Pinball_Machines/25/60400/index.html>, >> > <http://evolt.org/article//25/60400/index.html>, >> > <http://evolt.org/article/theforum/25/60400/index.html>, or even >> >> For that we use * and mod_rewrite. Though what the point is >> of supporting versions which don't appear *anywhere* other than >> in posts like these... I dunno. >> > > Theoretically this was for tracking referer/viral links. Not that we've > *ever* analysed it, other than noting that the articles that are linked > from the 'Highest Rating' bit of the sidebar get (used to get?) remarkably > good Google PageRank. > this version of "where/what vision..." http://www.evolt.org/article/rating/22/60261/index.html currently has a PR of 6 this version http://www.evolt.org/article/Where_What_Vision_Systems_and_Visual_Design/22/60261/index.html currently has a 5 the remainder of the ratings section uses the long form of the url, BUT, many of those have been in the top 5 sidebar in the past, and many are linked to from blogs and such using the '/ratings/' URL (because the blogger picked up the link from the sidebar). nagrom