ON the Internet, longer isn’t always better. When it comes to addresses, a shorter URL is much easier to remember, to jot down and to pass on to friends. In contrast, a long address is more prone to being mistyped or, on some online forums, unceremoniously cut. And, as anyone who works in a newspaper or magazine knows, a kilometer-long URL is a pain to set in print.
Digital Life is a blog that features a technology column by the same name that appears every Tuesday in Manila Standard Today, a national daily from the Philippines. This blog gives readers easy access to the column, which started in November 2002. Copyright 2009 Chin Wong.
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