URL Slugs: Redirects or 404s?
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Some sites, like here at SO, allow 'bogus' slugs in the URL. Before implementing URL slugs on my site, I have a question of 'best practices'...
Given a structure like example.com/123/article-slug-here/, if my site allows bogus slugs by querying on the ID -
Should I ...
- just do a redirect to the appropriate/canonical URL (verifying the slug, and redirecting in case of a mismatch)?
-or-
- return a 404, since technically
example.com/123/this-article-s-u-xdoesn't exist?
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