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a character string used to represent a location on the Internet that can be typed or accessed by a user. URLs often present in human-readable the organization behind the website and the function of the specific page being navigated to, in addition to their purely functional use.

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Shortened vs full domain name as primary domain

The shorter the URL it might be easier to remember for those people who tend to memorize URL's but if people relate to an URL with the name of the organization then you might have problems since peopl …
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How can I convey that a domain name with an obscure TLD is a URL?

This article might be of interest to you from the site usability.gov which states that using the prefix www. would be a good visual indicator that its a website for users. To quote the article Use …
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What URL's characteristics have a real impact on the UX?

The strategies for selecting domain names discussed in this article apply to top-level domain names, not to all types of URLs. …
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Is it bad to use information architecture to describe multiple topics with duplicate categor...

I am going to answer your question in two parts: Can this be done and do users understand it Yes, because I have seen this done in a a few internal microsoft sites especially for the ones dealing w …
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