Worst Web Sites of 2008: Contenders 1-10
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Daily Sucker for Thursday, February 21, 2008
February 21st, 2008 5:05 am by Vincent FlandersSubmitter’s comments: Please take a look if you haven’t already. If it matters, I believe the cost of this site is astronomical: something like one million dollars - no kidding.
Vincent Flanders’ comments: It took me a while to figure out what the site is about. The URL confused me — “OwnYourC” (my capitalization) and I wasn’t sure what “C” represented. Turns out it’s “Choices.” It’s an anti-tobacco site that, I assume, is paid for by tobacco companies as part of a settlement or to get some good PR or something like that. What’s a million bucks to a tobacco company?
The text version is pretty straightforward but it’s the Flash version that’s out of control (surprise!). It’s the usual Mystery Meat Navigation silliness. Ironically, the Flash version has a big message that tells you what the site is about. It’s much better than the non-Flash version.
On the other hand, the Mystery Meat is horrible. Normally, when you mouse over an object you find out its purpose. Not here. You have to click. What’s great about the site is that once it went online, they’ll never need to update it. It’s a disposable web site — just like an empty pack of cigarettes.
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