RE: The Top 10 Best Technical Documentation Sites of 2010

["Richard L Hamilton" <dick -at- rlhamilton -dot- net>]

Mike,

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> m] On Behalf Of Mike Stockman
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> But this brings up another question: why do people use
> URL shorteners when space is *not* short? I can see
> shortening URLs when all you have is 140 characters,
> but otherwise, what's the point (outside of hiding the
> destination of the link)? I readily admit I may be
> missing something...
>
I can think of two other reasons:

1) Even when space is ample, a long link can wrap and break. A shorter
link avoids that problem.

2) Some of the shorteners (e.g., bit.ly) let you track clicks so you can
gather information about how many people clicked through the shortened
link.

That said, I do find shortened links annoying when they're not strictly
necessary.

BTW, the link itself is very interesting; nice chart of features for the
top 10.

Richard Hamilton
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XML for Technical Communicators
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