Comments on: Multiple Page News Articles

by: Scott Allen

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:10:01 +0000

I’m not sure if this is still true or not. (I could check but I’m too lazy.) ESPN.com used to, by default, go to page one of the story, where there was a link for “full article.” Problem was, usually the story only had two pages, so it wasn’t really worth it. If only they had a cookie or something to keep my setting…

by: Administrator

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:49:20 +0000

Yeah, probably ads. It is still a shame that they don’t offer a way for users to opt out of it, since most users probably would use the default anyway. I suppose, however, that if that keeps the content free is it probably worth a small annoyance.

by: Scott Allen

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:07:10 +0000

Yes, I hate this. I don’t think it has anything to do with dial-up, because ESPN.com started doing it probably only a couple years ago now. It has to be an ad impression thing, doesn’t it?