ANNOYING: The Article As A Slideshow

Matt Rosoff’s thoughts on Google becoming more like Microsoft should have been a provocative and effective article. Instead it’s a slideshow. Why? I have no clue. 

Well okay, pageviews, clearly. But it’s still weird to see this type of story formatted this way. 

Business Insider has taken a lot of shit over the past year or so for pageview pumping by way of slideshows (AND CAPS-LOCK HEADLINES). Whatever, that’s their decision and it seems to be working out for them. All I know is that as an author, I would hate this. 

Rosoff’s name is on the landing page and nowhere else. As a result, it doesn’t feel like an article he crafted. At best, it feels like a collage he made. I can’t believe any writer would appreciate this. 

3 slides (of 12) in, I have no clue who wrote this. And the whole thing lacks the flow of great writing. It’s a bunch of mini-blurbs instead of one cohesive article making a strong case.

Both the reader and the writer lose as a result of this nonsense. But Business Insider wins, I suppose. 

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  1. kennethto reblogged this from parislemon and added:
    trend as well (relating...online stories broken up into multiple pages just
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  4. tired-cto reblogged this from parislemon and added:
    Well, that’s what you get reading...trash rag like AlleyInsider anyway. That said,
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  6. ronaldhennessy reblogged this from parislemon and added:
    Any website that does...get my attention. I’m mean you Forbes
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  8. peelman reblogged this from parislemon and added:
    Gotta agree with this; not only does it suck...it butchered in such
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  12. reconsideringdigital reblogged this from parislemon and added:
    Slideshow-style articles are just one...ways for-profit entities pump up ad revenue at the...
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  15. iamkeithhernandez reblogged this from parislemon and added:
    100% agree with this. When searching for well-thought out, carefully crafted narrative, tech blogs come up short. Too...
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  17. rkho reblogged this from parislemon and added:
    Let’s face it. Those mid-level “executives”...keep coming up with “brilliant” ideas
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