Mike Davidson: Pagination and Page-View Juicing Are Evil

Mike Davidson:

Over the last several years, many publishers have convinced themselves that breaking up stories into sometimes as many as ten pages is an acceptable way to present content on the web. The realistic ones at least admit that it’s a cheap way to boost stats. The disingenuous (or naive) ones actually posit that they are improving readability and usability for their audiences by reducing scrolling. Because scrolling is so hard.

It’s a lack of respect for the reader, pure and simple.

★ Thursday, 19 April 2007