Play Along At Home: Where Is This Newspaper Website From?
from the the-web-is-global,-remember dept
Earlier this year we wrote about newspapers that put up websites that don't indicate the location they're based in. Thanks to various news search engines, it's increasingly common that you may end up on the website of a "local" newspaper that is anything but local to you -- but where you have no clue what "local" is. Even worse, they often include generic descriptions of places ("the valley," "the river," "the north side") which mean absolutely nothing to you. E-Media Tidbits is griping about another such site where even the webcam shot of "downtown" showing the local weather is perfectly ambiguous. So, we'll let everyone play along at home: just how many clicks does it take you to figure out what's "local" for The Truth Online.
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Elkhart Office
P.O. Box 487
Elkhart, IN 46515-0487
Goshen Office
622 W. Lincoln Ave.
Goshen, IN 46526
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Number of Clicks
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http://www.nappanee.org/
So it looks like an area of IN including these three areas
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easy
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Elkhart, IN
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Place - Less web
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who, what, when, why and _WHERE_
Without KNOWING all five of those "W's", the news is quite useless.
Thanks Mike, I was wondering when someone would say something about this -- its a problem that I find all too often on the internet. A long news story may take me a few minutes to read through, and without all of the [W's] information, I feel as though I had just wasted my time.
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er...only one
scroll down: postal address Elkhart, Illinois.
Na na na na naaaaaaa
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No Clicks On a Guess but one clcik to verify
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the truth is out there
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no clicks
"And for Nappanee Fire Chief Tom Anglin"
Nappanee; final answer.
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How Many Clicks?
It only took me 3 clicks to find Elkhart Indiana, I found it after looking for the "about" and then finding the "delivery" information link. They might get more subscribers if their readers could find out how to get the news delivered. Go figure!
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Where is this newspaper from
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One Click -- Copyright
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bothers me too...
Weather
Elkhart, IN
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How many clicks till I knew it was from Elkart Ind
Haha, it was on the front page said Indiana and Elkart County. I clicked on Hometown Game story just to be sure and saw the header ELKART-
You guys maybe just cant see the trees for the forest.
LOL.. there are plenty of trees here in Washington.
ps I have had to use an old mostly spammed email. It is not safe email is it? (hidden addy) So I had to use protection. :)
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Elkhart Office
P.O. Box 487
Elkhart, IN 46515-0487
Goshen Office
622 W. Lincoln Ave.
Goshen, IN 46526
Was this a trick question?
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13th Line of HTML
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Where is this url?
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How many clicks?
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etruth.com
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just 1 click
Send mail to:
Elkhart Office
P.O. Box 487
Elkhart, IN 46515-0487
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P.O. Box 487
Elkhart, IN 46515-0487
Goshen Office
622 W. Lincoln Ave.
Goshen, IN 46526
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um...
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2 by job search
2 by house for sale
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Point
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1 click
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agreed
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one click
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