--- Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
Am I wrong? Is the list just a glorified form of advertising? Or is
The list would be reasonable without external links. There's no reason to see the pages directly. The model isn't a unique form of page design or artistic expression. The model just is their approach to selling and could be done with or without the Web. It could be a model for a daily infomercial.
Wiki links for companies like Woot that have a Wikipedia entry are OK. OTOH, Woot's entry really needs cleaning. Yes, it got some independent publicity, some fluff business articles, but the article is even promoting and linking to podcasts. This is a great example of Wikipedia being abused to advertise and promote, if not straight product placement and shilling.
~~Pro-Lick http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:Halliburton_Shill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pro-Lick http://www.wikiality.com/User:Pro-Lick (now a Wikia supported site)
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