And While I'm At It-- Now HEAR This!

Okay, enough said about SafeLists. Now, about Traffic Exchanges.

When I first started learning HTML, I actually forked over the cash and took an online course. It was pretty good, too. Within the course, one thing that was pointed out was that a good, professional site should ALWAYS be as accessible to as wide an audience as possible. Makes sense. I mean, it doesn't matter how pretty a site is, if people cannot access it.

And whether a site developer or site owner knows it or not, when you add audio files and flash presentations onto a site, no matter how "pretty" it may make the site look, it is ALSO making the site INACCESSIBLE to at least 25-50% of the internet.

Great. So, a site owner now has this awesome site. But if someone with a computer that's even a year or two old can't access it, what's the point?

And on traffic exchanges, this is especially true. Why? Because on most traffic exchanges, the surfer has no choice which sites are viewed. Everytime a surfer happens upon one of these kinds of sites, they must sit back and wait as their computer struggles to load some overly-laden page. It is really annoying to the person, especially when the timer doesn't start until the page is loaded (depending on the exchange). That means, instead of taking up the allotted amount of time, that hog-site has not only taken up more RAM than it should, it's also taken up way more of the surfer's time than it should.

And here's a little tip: Want to succeed in marketing? It's usually best NOT to start off by ****ing (choose your expletive) off the customer! And NOTHING, but NOTHING annoys a customer faster than creating a site that will have trouble loading on any computer. BECAUSE I know this, even when the page loads smoothly on my computer, I am annoyed. I cannot market this-- WHY are they wasting my time?

The bells and whistles are wonderful for fluff sites -- [sic] vanity sites and celebrity sites. But for a good, professional looking page, I'd rather scroll through 10 folds than have to put up with an intrusive auto-audio site or some fancy flash presentation.

Wake up, guys. This is business.