How can I change a url without reloading the page?

I am using ajax to display my contents. 开发者_如何学CAs I display my contents, I want to change the browser url dynamically without reloading the page. How can I proceed?

window.location.hash="Aboutus";

The above code inserts a # sign. I do not want a hash sign in my url since my page can contains a similar id.

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Use can use pushState(). Here's some information from Mozilla's developer site:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/Manipulating_the_browser_history#The_pushState%28%29.c2.a0method

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You can use History API that is being introduced in HTML5. Here is a link to some examples - you can find links to more resources in the bottom.

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The HTML5 pushState API should answer your problem.