On: Top 10 Fatal URL Design Mistakes

[bdotdub]

I totally agree, except the date one. I feel like many people don't take the time to make their URLs look good.

I do like when I can go to /2008/06 and see all the posts from June.

Here's some more interesting reading on URL design: http://shiflett.org/blog/2008/mar/urls-can-be-beautiful

[thwarted → bdotdub]

That's not the only reason. It is suggested that URLs be dated like that to ensure their uniqueness and to generate a URL that is more permanent.