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Tiny Sites Aren't Small Potatoes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the making-up-for-it-in-volume dept.

xtrucial writes "Jakob Nielsen of usability fame has a new article up about the perhaps-unexpected power of tiny websites: 'Considering that the Web as a whole will have about 4 trillion page views this year, the [low-traffic] sites might seem irrelevant with their pitiful millions of page views. But within their niche they dominate.'" (In particular, Nielsen is talking about weblogs.)

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  1. That is, of course by cscx · · Score: 4, Funny

    Till Slashdot links to it.

  2. oh great by countzer0interrupt · · Score: 5, Funny
    the [low-traffic] sites might seem irrelevant with their pitiful millions of page views
    Great. My counter's currently on 2137, and that's after a year. I'm off to hang myself.
    1. Re:oh great by jericho4.0 · · Score: 4, Funny

      lol, I just clicked on the link to your site to see that you've run out of bandwidth. Do us all a favour and report back how many hits whining on slashdot gets you!

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      "A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing" - Alan Perlis
    2. Re:oh great by (H)elix1 · · Score: 4, Funny

      >>the [low-traffic] sites might seem irrelevant with their pitiful millions of page views

      Great. My counter's currently on 2137, and that's after a year. I'm off to hang myself.

      Well that should get some hits. What is the URL for the webcast?

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  3. Ol' Jakob... by slappyjack · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just wanted to speak up and say:

    That guy bugs the shit out of me.

    Period.
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    s'wut i sed.
  4. Ironically enough... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've made about four-trillion websites with about one hit each.

  5. I like by tcd004 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Justin Timberlake's blog

    And Knotmag isn't bad either.

    tcd004

  6. Size by BigDork1001 · · Score: 3, Funny
    I've been hearing it for years...

    ...size doesn't matter.

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    "Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home" - Cicero
    1. Re:Size by The+Zody · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes but bandwith does.

  7. Re:To Mr. Nielsen by LiamQ · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you're using a windowing system, you can almost definitely resize your browser window to fit the amount of text that you prefer. If you have a mouse, try clicking it on the left or right window border and then drag it sideways until you have the window width that you want.

  8. Tiny sites aren't small potatoes eh ? by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Funny

    yes they are !

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  9. Re:To Mr. Nielsen by SlashdotLemming · · Score: 4, Funny

    Reduce your browser window size, or change your font size. You have full control of those (as per proper usability guidelines).

    I hereby decree that all doorknobs must be 12 feet from the floor. Bending over is hard for tall people so making the handle very high is most convenient since you have full control over wearing platform shoes (as per proper usability guidelines).

    I am pretty, Oh so pretty...

  10. the topics they love. by djupedal · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...you mean, like bragging about their hubrustic niche language google nexus quotient?

    You know, if google goes down, all of whom you claim to be goes with it...how's that for a measure of self-worth.

  11. Sorry guys. by sinserve · · Score: 4, Funny

    > Considering that the Web as a whole will have about 4 trillion page views this year

    Most of which is caused by a single man! Nothing you couldn't do with a DSL line and
    Attention Defecit Disorder ... ooh, nice link .. *click*.

  12. It's true! by ucblockhead · · Score: 4, Funny

    Almost since it's inception, my site has absolutely dominated the "sites about ucblockhead" niche.

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