Jan 26, 2012

Inflating Page Views

     Am I the only person around who hates it when websites force you to look on multiple pages to see a list of some kind? Take Travel and Leisure Magazine, for example. Their list of the least and most tourist-friendly cities* caught my attention. 
     But each of the cities is on its own page, forcing visitors to click on a link to see each page...and the page is so loaded with ads and animations it can takes forever to load. Why not just print the list on one page? Because they want to increase their page views, that's why. It's artificial manipulation of Internet traffic.
     Now, if you want to see the rest of this timlennox.com rant, click here. (just kidding).

*Washington D.C. was listed as the worst

1 comment:

  1. D.C. as the most tourist unfriendly city??? I don't get that. Great public transportation and free sight seeing. The Mall is worth the trip alone.

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