Hi, On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 10:46 PM, balachandar muruganantham <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Guruprasad <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Also the shortened URLs are susceptible to link rot. Imagine after a >> couple of years some one searches for something in the mailing list >> archive and finds a short URL which is broken because the service that >> provided the shortening service has shortened down, though the actual >> target URL might still exist. >> >> > It happens for full URL also... domain will be owned by someone else... If the domain of the target URL is owned by someone else, the target URL won't exist, as simple as that. At least we don't have an additional layer of 3rd party indirection/redirection happening and hence there is no dependence on a 3rd party. Thanks & Regards, Guruprasad _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
