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Daily Sucker for Thursday, May 8, 2008

May 8th, 2008 1:01 am by Vincent Flanders

Submitter comments: This web site is amazing! Check out all the dazzling colors and wonderful “marquees” they have to offer! With all these and their great services, they should have at least a few million visits by now!

By the looks of this site, I’m glad I get my technical support from forums.

Vincent Flanders’ comments: This site is a good example of Mistake #5 from my Biggest Mistakes in Web Design 1995-2015 — Have you ever seen another web site? Really? Doesn’t look like it. It also looks like someone didn’t read Does My Web Site Suck? Checklist 1.

I’d like to point out another huge mistake — the site uses a visible counter. The site has been in existence for at least 3,051 days. If you divide the total number of visits (58,824 as of my visit) by 3,051, the site is getting a little over 19 visitors a day. I don’t think that’s worth bragging about. On the other hand, if you’re PostSecret, it’s OK to have a visible counter. Why? It’s averaging 108,079 visitors a day.

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