The Surprising Truth About Ugly Websites

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The Surprising Truth About Ugly Websites

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday March 20, 2006 @05:18AM from the make-them-stop dept.

nywanna writes "After seeing the example of Plenty of Fish and the reports of the site earning over $10,000/day in Adsense revenues, I quickly realized that there are a lot of ugly websites that are extremely successful. The reason for this, according to the article, is that ugly websites do a few things that beautiful websites tend to lack."

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Ugly websites get slashdotted! by brian23 · 2006-03-20 05:23 · Score: 4, Informative

http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/769705d9b08519a47 87a04a681da4700/index.html
Here's two examples: by MSBob · 2006-03-20 05:28 · Score: 4, Informative

http://www.ebay.com/
http://www.amazon.com/
Butt ugly, horrible backends and still rolling in dough.

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Your pizza just the way you ought to have it.
Re:something seems 'fishy' allright... by nywanna · 2006-03-20 05:31 · Score: 2, Informative

Plenty of Fish was an example on Threadwatch and Webmasterworld, so it was an easy example - nothing more. I could have used one of my ugly sites, but then again, that would have to be admitting that it was an ugly site. :)
Re:Maddox by RalphLeon · 2006-03-20 05:44 · Score: 5, Informative

Good comment, better link: Maddox.
Re:MySpace... by MobyDisk · 2006-03-20 05:48 · Score: 3, Informative

CSS rocks. Now, if only the most popular but unreliable web browser out there supported it!
Myspace if fugly. by Captain+Scurvy · 2006-03-20 05:57 · Score: 2, Informative

*Ahem* Case in point: Myspace. It is one of the most sluggish, kludgy, and ugly websites I have ever seen, but it is also one of the most successful.
Re:Please stop trolling Digg for stories! by nywanna · 2006-03-20 06:36 · Score: 3, Informative

nywanna is daoustmark. I am the same person...I submitted to both Slashdot and Digg. Hope that's not a problem.
Re:what's with the hate? by Taevin · 2006-03-20 06:41 · Score: 4, Informative
Just rating a comment on Slashdot requires reloading the entire slow page of comments.
1. Use Firefox or some other tabbing browser.
2. Open new tab with the post to moderate (middle click the post number).
3. Select moderation.
4. Click moderate button.
5. Close tab.
6. Profit?
In fact, that's how I do all of my posting.
Sorry to be a pedant but... by adnonsense · 2006-03-20 06:56 · Score: 3, Informative

... they changed that a while back.

"However, You may accurately disclose the amount of Google's gross payments to You pursuant to the Program." (from the Terms and Conditions, point 9 "Confidentiality").
I think Maddox puts it best: by The+Master+Control+P · 2006-03-20 13:29 · Score: 2, Informative

From the Best Page in the Universe, about halfway down:

"2. Protest. I'm keeping my web site shitty as a protest against all the slick-looking, contentless web sites out there. Nobody cares about your stupid rotating icons and fading links. Mine isn't the only site on the internet that uses a simple layout, perhaps you've heard of this one?

_Picture of Google here_

Some webmasters have spent years tweaking their layout and designing their site, and very few get any traffic. This site, as shitty as it looks, gets over 1 million visits per month. I use large fonts also as a protest against all the stylish garbage you see out there. When I go to a web site, I WANT TO READ THE CONTENT. Trust me, that micro-font everyone uses isn't nearly as original as they think. ..."

All Hail Maddox!