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Old 11-11-2008, 02:59 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default [url] tag automatically grabs site title

Hello,

I am not sure if this has been discussed before, and if it has, then I apologize for bringing it up.

I recently found out that if you use the [url] tag the following way, will not produce a link to google.com titled http://google.com, which seems the most logic.
HTML Code:
[url]http://google.com[/url]
Instead, it will produce a link by grabbing the title of http://google.com. This may sound smart, but it may also be irritating, like if the site is using a very long title:

HTML Code:
http://i1.no/06ly/ or http://i1.no/06ly/
Will return, without any tags at all:

World's longest mile. Austrian Mile Nautical Mile Spanish Mile English Statute Mile Long mile. or World's longest abbreviation. NIIOMTPLABOPARMBETZHELBETRABSBOMONIMONKONOTDTEKHST ROMONT.

If I were to post a link to i.e. GoDaddy, it would for sure look like an advertisement:

Low cost domain names, domain transfers, web hosting, email accounts, and so much more.

Am I the only one finding this rather annoying?


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