Blind links ?

Halfdeck · 2005-09-23, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ilikexxx

I agree with that.

I don't agree with that.

I don't really care if a link says "More free videos at xxx.com" and there's no video there at all. It's deceptive text but it's not blind, because it tells you exactly where the link is taking you.

On the other hand, if it says "More free videos click here" and that takes you to a paysite tour with tons of free sample vids, the text isn't deceptive but it's clearly blind beause the link doesn't specify the destination.

Now, if there are banners nearby and the banner mentions the paysite name, or if the free site only promotes one paysite and drills the name of the paysite into a surfer's head by the main.html page, then there's no need to mention the paysite name every time you link out.

When I link out to a hub page, I personally spell out the domain name in the link text or use alt/title combo to display the domain name on mouse hover instead of just writing "click here for more pics."

The goal is to make surfers feel comfortable about clicking links without worrying about ending up god-knows-where or stuck in pop-up hell.

Jeremy · 2005-09-24, 01:32 PM

MrYum - my point about YNOT97 is that these same arguments were raging back and forth in 97 on the YNOT board.

8 years later and it's still going strong :-))

Quote:

Originally Posted by Halfdeck

I don't really care if a link says "More free videos at xxx.com" and there's no video there at all. It's deceptive text but it's not blind, because it tells you exactly where the link is taking you.

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The goal is to make surfers feel comfortable about clicking links without worrying about ending up god-knows-where or stuck in pop-up hell.

Sorry Halfdeck, either I'm mis-understanding your post or those two ideas don't sit well together at all.

You want a surfer to be comfortable clicking links but you don't really care about whether a link is deceptive. Erm......okay :-)

Halfdeck · 2005-09-24, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeremy

You want a surfer to be comfortable clicking links but you don't really care about whether a link is deceptive. Erm......okay :-)

I'm just giving a definition of blind links Jeremy. A definition is not an endorsement of deceptive marketing.

I try to build sites that doesn't bullshit around and protects surfers from popup hell, scammy trials and lousy paysites and send them to paysites my surfers thank me for.