Driving on the highway yesterday, I noticed a sign for Americas Best Value Inn.
That is not an apostrophe catastrophe, folks. This budget hotel chain made the conscious decision to leave the apostrophe out of its name because apostrophes can't be included in URLs. So what? We've known that for years! Just because your web site address can't use proper punctuation doesn't mean your entire business should suffer!
I am officially boycotting Americas Best Value Inn. Also on my list of boycotted companies is Bank of America, but that's a whole other story.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
I Would Never Be Able to Sleep There
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Actually you can put an apostrophe in an url. Ill-advised but just use %27 if the browser won't accept "'".
So this is even more inexcusable.
Wow, I had no idea! Do any urls actually use them?
Maybe they serve both North and South America (Americas plural)? Lemme just take a looksee at their website...
Um, nope. Just North America. Okay, it's official: They're stupid.
LOL...check out the bottom of their homepage...they actually commit the same catastrophe for their locations in Canada and China:
http://www.americasbestvalueinn.com
Chinas Best Value Inn?? That's even worse. There's certainly only one China.
If you read the countless negative comments on their Facebook page, the incorrect punctuation is the least of their problems.
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