Exit pages

Today I made an Exit page. So many people end their visit by hitting the Back button on their browser. The exit page is a last attempt to get them to explore the Blog Directory to find an entertaining blog. Or failing that to try a search on a search engine they may have never tried before.

The Exit Page is an idea best attributed to Brad Enslen and outlined in this short blog post – an "end of the road", so to speak, for your website, possibly leading on to other ways. Similar to the early-internet concept of webrings.

It is fun and whimsical, but also sad, in a way. I think it suggests a bit of the (Chistopher) Alexandrian idea – nothing beautiful can be made except with the knowledge that it will eventually end.