A blog that I visited had a couple of graphical ads by Advertlets plus about a dozen widgets such as ‘shoutbox’, MyBlogLog and ‘Life traffic feed’. The page took forever to load, and the CPU usage of my computer shot up to 100%.
They ‘add-ons’ have another drawback – they distracts readers from the main contents, which are the posts. Of course, this is not to say that they are useless, but we must try to strike a balance. Why, do you think, is Google’s page so simple?
Web design 101:
KISS – Keep It Simple Stupid!
no wonder lately my pc keep running out of memory... argh!!!!
ReplyDelete迷迭香
ReplyDeleteI notice that more and more blogs have advertlets. Everybody wants to make money ($_$)
I hope you don't mean my blog. :)
ReplyDeleteneo
ReplyDeleteI am not referring to your blog, but don't add too many widgets.
It's a matter of choice. No one method is perfect. KISS may mean too simple (and boring?) for some. No?
ReplyDeleteHi KS,
ReplyDeleteI'm with ya on KISS.
Consciously make it a point to use pictures with smaller file size.
Never like websites that turn out to be full-page advertisement and too commercialised.
But still, a little Nuffnang ad won't hurt, right?
$_$
Yeah send me a kis too.. Keep it simple...
ReplyDeletehappysurfer
ReplyDeleteI think there should be a balance. Not too much, but also not insufficient.
shingo
Yeah a little Nuffnang won't hurt, but I would suggest that we don't place them right inside a post. Heck, I have mistaken an ad for picture uploaded by the blogger.
keeyit
Kis is not good enough la... I send you a KISS.
ahahahha alot of ppl LOVES to add TONNES of things! damn annoying! most annoying is music without any STOP button! i usually just close them cos the music distracts MY music! hahaha
ReplyDeletei used to have alot of stuffs..then my friend copied..n she put more in what she found...hahahahh sorry lah..so childish wana copy me..luckily i removed most of it edi..though still got alot! ;)
huei
ReplyDeleteI usually mute my PC speaker, so I won't hear anything, haha...
so heavy usage, have to plan for a new processor already ;)
ReplyDeleteicalvyn
ReplyDeleteMy PC is still quite 'new' wor... I plan to use it for another 2 years.