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Such links are not maintained by an outside authority, and their persistence is dependent on the durability of the content management system itself.

One cited early use of the term permalink in its current sense was by Jason Kottke on March 5, 2000, in a post titled: "Finally.

In response to Kottke's blog, on March 6, 2000, Haughey posted the technical details on his own weblog,[2] which helped open the way to widespread adoption.

Increased volume of content and difficulty of management led to the rise of database-driven systems, and the resulting unwieldy and often-changing URLs necessitated deliberate policies with regard to URL design and link permanence.

For example, Wikipedia's internal Common Gateway Interface-based URLs are made more readable by simplifying them.

Visitors who store the URL for a particular entry often find upon their return that the desired content has been replaced by something new.

Permanent links to specific versions are recommended for citing articles from sources such as Wikipedia and Wikinews, to ensure that the content remains unchanged for review.

However, certain websites employ their own symbol to represent a permalink such as an asterisk, a dash, a pilcrow (¶), a section sign (§), or a unique icon.