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Create Web Friendly URL

January 17, 2013 By Chad Ritchie

In this video, learn how to create a web friendly URL with one click by setting up a Service using Automator.

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Not-So Web Friendly URL

With all of the “%20” characters, this url is practically unreadable and would be almost impossible to tell someone how to find this page verbally.

Ugly URL

Web Friendly URL

This url is much more pleasing to look at, despite all of the hyphens in place of the spaces, you could decipher this url string.

Not-So Ugly URL

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: automator, Mac, url, web

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