Comments on: Stupid Website Driving Customers Away http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/02/17/stupid-website-driving-customers-away/ Connecting the dots ... Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:10:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Julie, writer Surefirewealth.com http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/02/17/stupid-website-driving-customers-away/#comment-9986 Julie, writer Surefirewealth.com Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:41:05 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/02/17/stupid-website-driving-customers-away/#comment-9986 It's a proven fact that people dislike filling up forms of any kind. Especially forms on the internet which are honestly more than a little suspicious. This is why Free Rice has been so successful. It's a charity-based web site that provides a fun vocabulary test for surfers. Each word you get correct means a certain amount of rice donated to the less fortunate. It doesn't have forms of any kind. You can just go ahead and play as long as you want. It’s a proven fact that people dislike filling up forms of any kind. Especially forms on the internet which are honestly more than a little suspicious. This is why Free Rice has been so successful. It’s a charity-based web site that provides a fun vocabulary test for surfers. Each word you get correct means a certain amount of rice donated to the less fortunate. It doesn’t have forms of any kind. You can just go ahead and play as long as you want.

]]> By: Ontario Emperor http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/02/17/stupid-website-driving-customers-away/#comment-9617 Ontario Emperor Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:28:52 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/02/17/stupid-website-driving-customers-away/#comment-9617 It gets worse. Figuring that Sterling Vineyards might also want to enforce Islamic law while they're at it, I entered a 1961 birth date with a country name of "Saudi Arabia." This act sent me to a website other than that for Sterling Vineyards, probably because my ISP did not match the country that I reported. It gets worse.

Figuring that Sterling Vineyards might also want to enforce Islamic law while they’re at it, I entered a 1961 birth date with a country name of “Saudi Arabia.”

This act sent me to a website other than that for Sterling Vineyards, probably because my ISP did not match the country that I reported.

]]> By: Bob Avo http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/02/17/stupid-website-driving-customers-away/#comment-9556 Bob Avo Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:42:56 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/02/17/stupid-website-driving-customers-away/#comment-9556 It's not uncommon for websites of wineries owned by publically traded companies to required visitors to enter in their birthdates. Probably has something to do with corporate responsibility for their shareholders or deals made with MADD years ago. I can't recall running across a privately owned winery website require birthdates, but I could be wrong. It is an annoyance and obviously wouldn't stop a 10 year old from lying. But seriously, how many 10 year olds are going to visit a winery website? It’s not uncommon for websites of wineries owned by publically traded companies to required visitors to enter in their birthdates. Probably has something to do with corporate responsibility for their shareholders or deals made with MADD years ago.

I can’t recall running across a privately owned winery website require birthdates, but I could be wrong.

It is an annoyance and obviously wouldn’t stop a 10 year old from lying. But seriously, how many 10 year olds are going to visit a winery website?

]]> By: Jan http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/02/17/stupid-website-driving-customers-away/#comment-9374 Jan Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:44:50 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/02/17/stupid-website-driving-customers-away/#comment-9374 There's probably some legal reasoning behind it. I saw a lot of websites that in some way are tied to alcohol that have an age protection screen, although it's useless and annoying. (example: http://www.leffe.com/) There’s probably some legal reasoning behind it. I saw a lot of websites that in some way are tied to alcohol that have an age protection screen, although it’s useless and annoying. (example: http://www.leffe.com/)

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