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Title: The worst websites on the web,things you hate about certain sites
Post by: bsfins on January 07, 2011, 11:07:02 am
I replaced my power supply on my desktop,it seems to have solved the problems,today I got a follow up questionnaire in my email (from Compusa)...A quick glance at the questions,they seemed more like a comment card,than some long survey about about what things I prefer...So I answered it...It's only the second time I've bought something off of them....I ripped them for their website,I explained it's not a place I go to browse/window shop,I don't like the search,a lot of the things I want to sort by are on the bottom of the page,etc,etc...

To me it's one of those stores, if I know what I want, but am looking for a better price.(I'll usually find their site through a Google shopping search)

So it got me thinking.....What are your worst websites to visit on the Web? Are there certain sites you'd visit more,but don't like something about the site...

(Alright no Bashing TDMMC (or any other Dolphins website),And let's not get into Fox news/Msnbc,Jets website...I'm not talking about bashing for content,unless we're talking about bad choices available on the websites


Title: Re: The worst websites on the web,things you hate about certain sites
Post by: Frimp on January 07, 2011, 11:42:43 am
Godaddy. You have to click through 4 pages just to log in to edit your site. Its a pain. However, I bookmarked the third page, and I can go right to it now.


Title: Re: The worst websites on the web,things you hate about certain sites
Post by: Sunstroke on January 07, 2011, 12:33:51 pm

I wish www.MidgetEscorts.com still accepted Paypal payments, but other than that, I'm pretty content with my regular website surfing.



Title: Re: The worst websites on the web,things you hate about certain sites
Post by: bsfins on January 07, 2011, 01:31:28 pm
Bing -Almost completely useless for me...

Youtube - I watch pretty specific things,and have a handful of channels I subscribe to...(Barelypolitical (I like the Key of awesome, even though I don't have a clue what half the shit they're making fun of),Cooking with jack,jack on the go is my fav) I hate there is usually that add on my home page that starts to envelop the page..

MLBtraderumors -Love the content,hate the ads,they have those ads that seem to search your browser and throw what you've just searched for at you....and Video ads...I hate those the most....

Tomshardware - I remember Thundergod,told me about the site....I love the content on the site,I've changed my book mark to avoid it asking what language do I want to view the page,but I still get that annoying add occasionally when I try to dig deeper in the site...I also get Flash pop up that bitches at me constantly when I'm there....



Title: Re: The worst websites on the web,things you hate about certain sites
Post by: StL FinFan on January 07, 2011, 01:35:03 pm
Every search engine I try these days makes me wade through a bunch of garbage before I find what I am looking for.


Title: Re: The worst websites on the web,things you hate about certain sites
Post by: Dave Gray on January 07, 2011, 01:36:46 pm
I don't like any site that doesn't do anything but aggregate content from other places, so that you have to make 3 clicks jumping from site to site and loading new windows to actually see the content. 

I also don't like where someone has purchased a domain that doesn't do anything except house links, an adwords box, and have a search bar.  These are essentially squatters and they clog up search listings, making things harder to find what you really want.


Title: Re: The worst websites on the web,things you hate about certain sites
Post by: tepop84 on January 07, 2011, 01:45:51 pm
espn and pretty much every other site that thinks it needs to have a fucking video on every page. i hate seeing an interesting headline, clicking the link and being directed to a video.  I can read just fine, I don't need some jerkoff in a tie reading to me.


Title: Re: The worst websites on the web,things you hate about certain sites
Post by: Jim Gray on January 07, 2011, 02:04:31 pm
espn and pretty much every other site that thinks it needs to have a fucking video on every page. i hate seeing an interesting headline, clicking the link and being directed to a video.  I can read just fine, I don't need some jerkoff in a tie reading to me.

I couldn't agree more.  This is one of my biggest pet peeves.  I can quickly scan an article to see if it's of interest, as opposed to being forced to watch 3 minutes of video (plus a commercial).  I'm fine if the content provider wants to include a video, but please include the corresponding text.


Title: Re: The worst websites on the web,things you hate about certain sites
Post by: Buddhagirl on January 07, 2011, 04:22:37 pm
Gotta agree on the video thing. I HATE clicking on video. I'm almost always disappointed when I do.


Title: Re: The worst websites on the web,things you hate about certain sites
Post by: StL FinFan on January 07, 2011, 04:26:50 pm
ditto on the video thing


Title: Re: The worst websites on the web,things you hate about certain sites
Post by: Sunstroke on January 07, 2011, 04:36:34 pm

To those who list ESPN as being an annoying site for video...I think you're either lazy or blind. Any link on ESPN that goes to a straight video clip, or any page without text, has the video camera icon next to the link. You can also set your ESPN preferences to "never" play video unless you click the play button on the video.

I find heavy video sites kind of annoying as well, but ESPN is one of the least problematic of the websites I visit, when it comes to that sort of thing.



Title: Re: The worst websites on the web,things you hate about certain sites
Post by: tepop84 on January 07, 2011, 04:42:27 pm
pretty much every article on espn has a video on the page.


Title: Re: The worst websites on the web,things you hate about certain sites
Post by: Sunstroke on January 07, 2011, 04:44:15 pm

Let me get you a tissue here... I really hate to see you so distraught over a sports website.




Title: Re: The worst websites on the web,things you hate about certain sites
Post by: Dave Gray on January 07, 2011, 04:47:38 pm
I hate the video thing, as well.  It's an inefficient way to get quick information across.  Unless it's actual sports clips, I find them to slow down the experience and make browsing more difficult.


Title: Re: The worst websites on the web,things you hate about certain sites
Post by: fyo on January 07, 2011, 06:52:20 pm
The REALLY annoying thing about sites with video is when they start playing automatically. That's just totally BS.

I don't mind watching an ad to get to see a video I've selected, but don't start showing me EITHER ONE without me specifically pressing "play". (A video-only site would be different... this is for standard sites like espn and nfl.com)


Title: Re: The worst websites on the web,things you hate about certain sites
Post by: Frimp on January 07, 2011, 08:36:11 pm
Wow..everyone hates video links. I do too. You'd think we all combined probably represent a pretty large population sample. Why can't these sites just have a link to the video so we could click it if we wanted to?


Title: Re: The worst websites on the web,things you hate about certain sites
Post by: Brian Fein on January 08, 2011, 12:11:01 am
profootballtalk.com - for all their "breaking news" with words like "could" or "may" in the headline.  Pure speculation by someone on their staff and should never be quoted or praised as "news"

Also, any site that has intrusive ads, like pop-ups or talking things that you can't control or mute


Title: Re: The worst websites on the web,things you hate about certain sites
Post by: bsfins on January 08, 2011, 10:38:20 am
I'd like to Add Kmart/Sears.com - half the stuff at my local store isn't on the website,and vice versa....