Why URLs shouldn't change

Tags: Web, design, w3c
Updated: September 01, 2006
Contributors: Mike Franks

When websites get redesigned, updated or moved, the biggest mistake, in my opinion, is changing the URLs.

Here’s an essay from 1999 by Tim Berners-Lee explaining why URLs shouldn’t change. Cool URIs don’t change

Some of his other web style articles, can be found here.

Some of them are dated, but I particularly like the one on Bookmarkable Pages