On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 18:53, Mike Taylor <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> One reason persistent IDs are better than persistent URLs is that you
> can Google them.  You see this with DOIs: it's true that there is a
> well-known resolution service that you can use for DOIs if you're so
> inclined, but actually a simple web-search for, say, 10.1144/SP343.22
> will get you what you need.  Same for ISBNs.
>

Chalk this up to Devil's advocacy, but are URLs not Googleable?

http://www.google.com/search?q=http://www.dlib.org/dlib/june05/jantz/06jantz.html
got me what I needed.

-Mike