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Thanks for the read and ditto on the 5 pages needing to be viewable in just 1 page.
by justjimmy 15y ago
Thanks for the read and ditto on the 5 pages needing to be viewable in just 1 page.
- bryanlarsen 15y agoThe full article is close to 100 paragraphs. Putting that all on one page would intimidate and lose a bunch of readers. Even choosing to put 15-20 paragraphs on a single page makes it a "wall of text" that will put off many readers. Of course, the real problem is the short attention span of the Internet age but it's hard to fault them for trying to avoid scaring off users.
- RyanMcGreal 15y agoThe only reason to post the article on multiple pages is to expose readers to more ads.
- adaml_623 15y agoI think that's a valid reason don't you?
- RyanMcGreal 15y agoNo.
- justjimmy 15y agoSomeone should split test this :D Half view the pagination version, half view the 1 page version – and see % of the users that actually finish the article.
- adaml_623 15y agoWrong metric. They should care about the number of ads viewed and the click through rate. And the amount of viral sharing and facebook likes and that kind of stuff. They aren't a charity remember.
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- adabsurdo 15y ago5 pages means 5x hit count for one article. it has nothing to do with readability.