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[Jared M. Spool]

At 11:08 PM 8/14/2005, Listera wrote:
>Eric Scheid:
>
> > (2) assuming for the moment that they know what they're doing, isn't it
> > curious that something like these links actually "test well", despite their
> > failure to adhere to the orthodoxy of the "best practice" of information
> > scent?
>
>That's a good one. Ask Jared; I think it's voodoo. :-)

Well, I did write something about this: http://tinyurl.com/dfvtq

And, I'm willing to wager it hasn't been tested. Knowing something about 
how the Times does their work, testing isn't as prevalent as you'd think.

However, it would be interesting if it did test well.

And it is voodoo. That's my story and I'm sticking with it.

Jared

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