Photo by FotoDawg“Because self-denegration is a really good time.”
I want to tell you about the worst site I’ve ever built. Sorry, but I’m not going to give you the address because my reputation as a web designer human being will be shot to hell. But if you think your site isn’t doing so hot, or if you’re worried about your RSS numbers, check this out.
This site of mine has been alive since early 2003. I unveiled it right around 4 years ago. And in that time the site has grown to have a subscriber base of…
…wait for it…
2 people. One of them is me. I don’t even want to know who the other person is.
And guess how many comments there have been for all posts combined over the 4 years the site has been live.
Zero. Not a single comment. Not ever.
As I said, I’m not going to tell you what the site is because it will give you gangrene, but I assure you there’s a reason it only has 1 subscriber. It’s awful.
Now, for some unknown reason, it appears that anyone who ever searches for anything at Google no matter what it is, eventually ends up at my site. And because the site is so unbelievably atrocious people want to get the hell out immediately. And when I say immediately, I mean immediately. Average time spent on the site is a whopping 28 seconds per visit, just long enough to burn your retinas but not quite long enough to contract an STD.
Of course, being the saint that I am, I do my best to provide escape routes, otherwise known as Adsense ads. The site makes me about $10 a month, nowhere near enough to cover my personal shame.
2 Comments
hehehe I giggled at this entry, I respect a person who can laugh at them selves once and a while.
OMG man. I couldn’t read this post in one sweep because I had to try and see through my tears. This is ridiculously hilarious, Charlie. I’m subscribing…please don’t ever stop hitting “Publish.” No joke, no empty praise b.s. man, I am dying here.
Jon
P.S. I found this site via RedHeadWriting, fyi.