Ever go to a website to read an article, just to discover one paragraph on one page? Then you notice it’s not just a small article, but it’s made up of seven pages each containing a paragraph on it’s own; you think “why couldn’t they just put the whole damn thing on one page?”
This is a tactic web sites use to generate more page views for their site. You’re only reading one article, but they’re inflating their stats to make it look like you’re a returning visitor.
I, for one, cannot stand this. In fact, the more I have to click on a page to view things, the more incline I am to click the close button. From now on anytime I get a link and it’s a multi-page article, I’m immediately closing the window. Exceptions can be made for a two-pager, but any more than that it’s hasta la vista!
March 25th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
I agree. I will tolerate it at times when they have a print option that includes the whole article, since I can cheat and view it that way.
I also hate this with tutorials, since they are then spread and harder to follow and the waste of paper if printed to keep for an offline project or testing.
Down with the multiple page articles.
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March 26th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
@Chowarmaan: Yeah, some of those tutorials are ridiculous. I’ve found a lot that seem to feel the need to conclude the first page of the tutorial and then re-introduce the whole project and summarize the first page when introducing the second page. Way to pad the content!