Depends a lot of course on the site, but one reason some sites do that is they really don't get a lot of traffic via the front door so they use that as a brand identity page. I've usually heard it called a "splash" page, kinda like how some apps display a splash window when they start up (Adobe Acrobat, for one).
If the site gets most of its traffic thru Google then what happens is visitors will click from Google directly into a content page on that site. The theory is that this user, who perhaps has never heard of your site, might then click the Home link on the page to learn more about your site. Thus it makes sense to display brand-identity info on the Home page instead of actual content. --- Rex. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Micou Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 8:56 AM To: Louisville Computer Society (MAC) Society (MAC) Subject: MacGroup: web page question Not an urgent matter here, just a minor question to understand web pages better. Why is it when I'm surfing the net, some sites will have a main page, but I have to click on a section to "enter" the rest of it's pages? Why the "enter" page? Thanks as always to everyone's help. Bill Micou derbywiz at mac.com | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be April 26. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
