[Sigia-l] Subdomain usability

[Eric Reiss]

I'd have to respectfully disagree with Dave on this one.

Yes, the typing is easier, but most ordinary users - if they
understand URLs at all - will assume that it indicates a path. Hence,
I prefer www.yahoo.com/maps, which suggests a path or hierarchy.

The boring, old-fashioned form also makes it easier to spot the
source when skimming URLs in search results. And it makes it a LOT
easier to butcher a URL when the site has magically transported you
someplace you don't want to be on another server.

Cheers,
Eric
e-reiss & associates
copenhagen, denmark
www.e-reiss.com
www.fatdux.com

---- Original Message ----
From: dave.ixd at gmail.com
To: sigia-l at asis.org
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Subdomain usability
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 10:33:35 -0400

>I love subdomains and usually "assume" they exist and love when they 
>do.
>yahoo uses them very well, and I think they are great.
>why? b/c typing www.yahoo.com/maps is longer than typing 
>maps.yahoo.com
>
>but also, it makes a clearer association that the functionality is
>somehow independent, that it has a "root" of its own. i don't mean
>that in the technical sense, but in the this is a "home page" landing
>page sense.
>
>-- dave
>
>
>On 6/6/06, Skot Nelson <skot at penguinstorm.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Jun-5-2006, at 12:11 PM, Kenneth Bryson wrote:
>>
>> > Ultimately, they need to make sense and can be used in the same
>> > fashion
>> > as redirects.
>>
>> They need to be integrated into a clear, consistent communications
>> strategy as well. It must be *obvious* what content would, for
>> example, be on the investor.bank.com zone versus the www.bank.com 
>zone.
>>
>> Why would I bookmark one and not the other?
>> --
>> Scott Nelson
>> skot (at) penguinstorm (dot) com
>> http://www.penguinstorm.com/
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>> skype. skot.nelson
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