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Commercial Overkill
By WebDevelopersJournal
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Article Date: 2003-04-16
One of the few things I like about spam mail is that it's so obvious. On the very first line there are usually block capitals and dollar symbols, letting me know that this is junk and I can trash it immediately. As the dotcom industry struggles to make money, I'm noticing the same negative signals cropping up on an increasing number of Web sites too. "Ignore me. I'm junk."
Most professional Web sites exist to make money. A few lucky ones can make it indirectly by raising a company's profile and don't need to turn a profit on the site itself. Others are there to educate and inform without money as a motive - for example the sites I recently browsed chronicling the life of William Shakespeare.
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