Comments on: Not Sure That rev=“canonical” Is Really The Solution http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/13719/not-sure-that-rev-canonical-is-really-the-solution/ A bunch of stuff I would have emailed you about. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:08:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: Sam Johnston http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/13719/not-sure-that-rev-canonical-is-really-the-solution/comment-page-1/#comment-311275 Sam Johnston Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:53:01 +0000 http://maisonbisson.com/?p=13719#comment-311275 Short URLs are also useful anywhere URLs need to be manually entered (e.g. when they're printed or spoken, over telephone, on radio, tv, etc.) and in those cases they should be persistent too. Short URLs should also give information about the publisher (e.g. domain) and content (e.g. path) for usability and security reasons. It's ok that rev=canonical is not the solution, because rel=shortlink is. Sam Short URLs are also useful anywhere URLs need to be manually entered (e.g. when they’re printed or spoken, over telephone, on radio, tv, etc.) and in those cases they should be persistent too.

Short URLs should also give information about the publisher (e.g. domain) and content (e.g. path) for usability and security reasons.

It’s ok that rev=canonical is not the solution, because rel=shortlink is.

Sam

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