For the last few days, Amazon links posted in BPL forums create weird results when you click on them. Something confusing about Kindles. I’ve used the TinyURL shortening service to get around that, which is far less than ideal.
I’ll try some Amazon-supported alternative URLs.
Results:
- Above each URL I posted the link without ”https://” to make the following link more visible but not clickable.
Instead, BPL’s current software turned some of those into clickable Amazon links that start with “http://” (note the missing “s”) but do the right thing! - amzn dot com slash ASID doesn’t get mangled at all.
The joys of modern Web software continue!
— Rex
Plain Amazon URL (with tracking crap at the end removed):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08LQWMMD1/
Shorter
http://www.amazon.com/gp/B08LQWMMD1/
Still shorter (WINNER)
amzn.com/B08LQWMMD1
https://amzn.com/B08LQWMMD1
Bit.ly to amzn.to
amzn.to/3bM27Da
https://amzn.to/3bM27Da
TinyURL
tinyurl.com/5yfpy9t6
https://tinyurl.com/5yfpy9t6
And here’s a picture of what I posted before clicking Submit:
