Re: URL length

Hi,

I hate typing it out, but I have never forgotten rapidcleaningsystems.com
and I know how to spell it :) 
Was that vba or cba? I can't remember. 
That kind of thing happens to me fairly often. 

Eric 

At 09:05 AM 2/12/02 -0500, John McConnell wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>
>I have been going back and forth with a client about the length of a 
>url for his new website.  According to an Alert Box from Jakob 
>Nielsen that's 3 years old, he says names need to be short and easy 
>to type.  Makes sense.  But, since people are more and more using 
>bookmarks and search engines to find sites, I'm wondering if it's ok 
>now for urls to be much longer and descriptive so they can be used in 
>ads.  My client wants to use the url in ads and that would be the 
>name of the company as well.  For instance, 
>www.VermontBeautifulApartments.com instead of www.vba.com?
>
>I was the one saying it needs to be short, but maybe it doesn't.  Any insights.
>-- 
>John McConnell
>Narwhal Design
>126 Covered Bridge Road
>North Ferrisburgh, VT  05473
>802.425.7037
>john(at)narwhaldesign.com
>http://www.narwhaldesign.com
>

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