YSaC, Vol. 238: The extra w is for extra WTF …
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Nine Great Reasons Why Your Website Should Be Designed By [Company Name].com1. The only website solutions company with a stunning photo album that comes with absolutely cool zoom, pan and auto sizing features!
2. The only website builder that lets you add your own videos (promotional, informational, sales etc.) to provide instant interactivity and adds unmatched impact to your site!
3. The only website solutions company that lets you add your favorite MP3s and lets your site visitors enjoy them with a built in trendy mp3 player!
4. The only website solutions company that lets you add catchy greeting cards with personalized messages to create that special bond with your site visitors!
5. The only website solutions company that lets you change the complete design of your site at the click of a mouse to keep your entire content intact or request our designers to do the work for you! (your site’s visitors can enjoy a fresh new look every time they visit your site!)
6. The only website solutions company that lets you add a stunning online store with up to 240 products and comes fully integrated with Paypal!
7. The only Service that lets you receive Important Contact Enquiries from your website Instantly to your Mobile anywhere in the World !
8. The only website solutions company that lets you Record Live Video directly from your WebCam and publish it to your website Instantly.
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Or Call Toll-Free xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
And, as John (the submitter) points out, the only website company who can’t spell “www”! (In addition to having four w’s in the text, the actual link directed to “wwww.[CompanyName].com” as well, meaning that you got an error message if you clicked on the link to visit their page.)
On top of that, the rest of the things they offer are (a) things that any decent website builder can do or (b) things that nobody should want any decent website builder to do.
“Lets you change the complete design of your site at the click of a mouse”? Um, yeah, that’s called a style sheet or theme.
“Your site’s visitors can enjoy a fresh new look every time they visit your site”? Let me, a non-web design professional, count the ways in which that’s a good idea. Okay, I’m done — I counted zero ways in which that’s a good idea. And just to be sure, I counted twice.
And apparently they’ve cornered the market on adding annoying mp3s and videos to their websites. Somebody let MySpace know that they’ve got competition.
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Y’know, I might have to try out the whole “I’m gonna sell you something that’s already been done, but crappier and cheaper!” thing for the next useless/unwanted product I try to peddle on Craigslist. Worst case scenario, I get some extra free advertising if it shows up here.
I have nothing to add. I just like the spiffy new reply button.
I have a feeling this “company” is some guy in his briefs at his computer in his parent’s basement. Nice try briefs guy!
Dear Companies Whose Web Sites I Use Frequently: Please do not obtain web “design” services from this company. Especially not the MP3 thing. Thank you.
Hey, at least it’s not a built in midi player circa 1997. Oh, dear God, those things were annoying. Let’s break out our keyboards and do our best rendition of Tubthumping with a salsa beat and put it on our website! Sorry, I digress. You know, for all of the idiots out there peddling things that we don’t need/that have already been done/that don’t need to be done – somebody will think it’s cool and buy it. Probably a few somebodies. It’s what makes the world go ’round.
#1 So they link to a Picasa album?
#2 So they embed YouTube links?
#3 So they make you a MySpace page?
#4 #5 Not sure about these.
#6 So they set up an eBay seller profile?
#7 Not sure about this one either.
#8 YouTube again.
#9 I hardly think they’re the only ones in the world doing this.
Fantastic!
Re: #4. Solved. I was curious enough to Google “Add greeting cards to your site” which got me this: http://www.thepcmanwebsite.com/affiliate_greeting_cards.shtml
I agree with YSAC that #5 is a style sheet or theme
I think #7 is Twitter or just any service that sends specific emails/messages to your phone.
#9 Ab-so-freaking-xactly
My site is hosted by Yahoo… whose hosting service comes with a very simple pagebuilder that allows anyone to do #5. I would assume Yahoo and this guy are not the only ones doing that.
I would also assume most also do #9… Yahoo did it for me for significantly less than $89. Like, for $89 less.
The “count the ways” comment is sheer brilliance.
Did anyone else notice the extra digits in the phone number?