Great tips! And don't forget about using http://www.tinyurl.com. It can turn this: http://www.equipped.org/ubbthreads/newre...=1&vc=1

Into this: http://tinyurl.com/suk4

I use this frequently when I want to refer someone to some huge link at Amazon or Ebay or something. Retail sites are notorious for producing huge URLs. One thing to reiterate that J.T. has mentioned before is that URLs that include a session ID sometimes won't work for another person.