Dragaera

OT: November (was Sethra Lavode...)

Sat Aug 17 18:02:06 PDT 2002

[Huge, silent snips by TKY]
Gaertk at aol.com writes:
> >http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/dvd/B000067DNF/reviews/qid=1029538178/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/102-0978205-5989766
> 
> And is there any way to shorten Amazon's links?

You can shorten the URL for an item that Amazon sells.

    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000067DNF
    [1]^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ [2]^^^^^^^^ [3]^^^^^^^^^^^^

[1] Well, duh.  (Except: you might be able to omit the www., as
    apparently you can with google.)

[2] Amazon's server/script engine (term?) is called "obidos".

[3] Amazon has what it calls ASINs (amazon <something> identification
    numbers).  For dead-tree books, ASINs coincide with ISBNs.  I'm
    not sure how Amazon creates ASINs for other things, including
    DVDs, books on tape, and CDs.

- tky