Ok, so this is a bit off-topic for SEOno, but I’m wondering how long it takes before MSN UK realise the stupidity of what they’ve done and make the relevant changes…
This morning, I logged out of Hotmail (yes, I still use Hotmail, and yes, it’s on my to-do list to do something about it) and saw this on my screen:
(As an aside, I’m loving the juxtaposition of the Sky ad – “dim the lights – for full effect…”)
O-ho, a video! “Car crashes through front of supermarket.” Like William H. Macy’s character in Magnolia! Brilliant. I’m sure it’ll be… hang on…
Are those people in the way of the car, including a woman with a pram?!
If you are sadist enough (like me, apparently) to go beyond the homepage and actually watch the video, you’ll see it happen at normal speed and as well as about 4 different rates of slow motion. Tasteful.
You might also notice this:
Can’t see that? Let’s zoom in…
Category: “Funny Videos”?!
Oh, MSN… That’s pretty bad taste. Turns out 10 people were injured, including “3-month-old baby Tyshawn Davis, who was in the stroller visible in the video and escaped with minor injuries.”
Reminds me of the lyrics to the Faith No More song “Ricochet”:
It’s always funny until someone gets hurt…
And then it’s just hilarious!
At closer examination, it turns out that that “Funny Videos” link is at the top of every video on the MSN UK website, regardless of the content. But still – I was fooled by it, so how many others would be? I’d say this is a big user experience factor: that maybe MSN should consider not showing a link that says “Funny Videos” on a video that clearly isn’t funny, even if said link isn’t necessarily associated with it…
[Itty bitty kitty facepalm image credit: Robyn Anderson]
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