Saturday, September 6, 2008

Web-o-mercials: the never-ending sales pitch

I just realised I've mainly been posting about writing and editing lately (as I'm currently editing three novels!) so I thought I'd post about something else that is near and dear to my business heart: websites.

In my email coffers was a link to this site: http://www.virtualsmartagent.com/specialdiscount.php?id=24. As I read along, or rather skimmed as my eyes are pretty tired at almost half past midnight, I looked over at the scrollbar and wondered how long the beast was.

After a few pages, I decided to see just how many 'PgDn' (page downs) would be required to get to the end.

I 'clocked' it at 60.

Now, perhaps you have more stamina than I do, but I reckon that's ridiculous. If you haven't convinced me to buy in a couple of screens, it's unlikely that adding a few more videos, testimonials and other assorted fruits and veggies is going to do it.

If anyone finds a longer web-o-mercial, please email me. Hmm, I wonder if there's a Guinness World Records entry for it ...

Disclaimer: I haven't actually evaluated this product (probably because I nearly fell asleep while reading the promotional page) and thus this note does not pertain to its character, nature or quality. Gee, I hope that's enough for the lawyers.

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