Comments on: Capitalizing Web Addresses

By: Tim Mayes

Tim Mayes — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:47:00 +0000

I prefer either 3 or 6, and I would use 3. Note, though, that WWW is technically a subdomain of your site. If you leave that off then you may end up with duplicate content problems in search engines. I think that you use WWW in all of your links, so you should redirect any non-WWW access to http://WWW. Here's the .htaccess code to do that:

# Redirect if dailydoseofexcel.com (case-insensitive) to http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^dailydoseofexcel.com [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/$1 [R=301,L]

That assumes that you are on an Apache server and have control over the .htaccess file.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:36:00 +0000

For written (paper I presume) then 1 or 3, in that order.

Online? 10, 1 then 4 in that order (keepin' it lowercase, yo), but append a forward slash to the url of 10 as JP says.

By: John Mocambique

John Mocambique — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:18:00 +0000

#6 – John W is right – CamelCasingMakesThingsEasierToRead

By: vimal

vimal — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:02:00 +0000

like #1 as well.

By: NancyK

NancyK — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:53:00 +0000

I like #6

By: Ken Puls

Ken Puls — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:55:00 +0000

Personally, I prefer #4. And for the record, you can't argue the implied http://www. Most sites work with or without, but there are sites that do not prefix with www and will not work with it and vice versa. It totally depends on how it was set up. The http:// is pretty much implied though, unless you use https://

By: Reid

Reid — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:36:00 +0000

I prefer #3, much easier to read. I’m definately in the “capitalize the O” camp.

By: Chris A

Chris A — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:25:00 +0000

If the written correspondence is of the paper variety I prefer #1. The protocol is a given. If it's written in a digital format then I prefer #7 since that is most likely to be converted into a link for me. I really dislike it when the URLs are camel cased; it makes me feel like the author thinks I'm an idiot and can't decipher their URL without help.

The only time I feel camel casing is appropriate is when the URL can be easily mistaken for a less desirable phrase. Examples:
Experts Exchange - http://www.expertsexchange.com
Pen Island - http://www.penisland.com
and others found at http://independentsources.com/2006/07/12/worst-company-urls/

By: Ed Kavanaugh

Ed Kavanaugh — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:33:00 +0000

I'm a #1 or #4 supporter depending on the perceived experience and knowledge of the person I'm communicating with. I use #10 if dealing with a known Noob.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:24:00 +0000

#4 or 5. I have seen some site that do not start with www so I don’t like that to be implied or assumed.