Ask HN: Why does Google put the query in the URL hash instead of query string?

Re:Ask HN: Why does Google put the query in the URL hash ins... by lloeki on Monday January 09, 2017 @08:39AM (#13356196)

Graceful degradation/progressive enhancement is a thing, though.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Google put the query in the URL hash ins... by bpicolo on Monday January 09, 2017 @08:56AM (#13356288)

The amount of money Google makes supporting older browsers is most likely measured in billions.

Not to mention, why fix something that isn't broken? There are cases for it, but it's roughly the same tech that it was 4 years ago. What would they gain by spending developer time on it?

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Google put the query in the URL hash ins... by iurisilvio on Monday January 09, 2017 @12:13PM (#13357852)

Perfect. They definitely don't need optimization for search engines, which is probably the most important reason to a clean URL.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Google put the query in the URL hash ins... by adamdonahue on Monday January 09, 2017 @09:39AM (#13356578)

Exactly. You are someone who gets it.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Google put the query in the URL hash ins... by heisenbit on Monday January 09, 2017 @02:14PM (#13358904)

I suspect they spend a ton of developer time. It is their #1 source of income. What they won't do is releasing it unless it is 99.9% certain that it yields an improvement.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Google put the query in the URL hash ins... by untog on Monday January 09, 2017 @09:22AM (#13356440)

Yes, but in this case the benefits of the enhancement are small enough that Google may have decided that consistent behaviour was more desirable.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Google put the query in the URL hash ins... by paulddraper on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @02:45AM (#13363363)

Consistent and long-lasting support is a thing too.

Rare on today's web, but still a thing.

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