TKID 4 has been noticing the amazing amount of web pages that are neglected. It appears that the enthusiasm of the late 90's/early 00's is waning. Dot.commers are not tending to their pages with the same purpose. Odds are, in one hour of real web surfing, you will come upon several of these derelict posts.
There are several tell-tale signs of neglect. One is the "Last Updated On..." script normally located at the bottom of the page. I saw one last week dated August of 2000.
Then there is the page with all the awards posted, such as "Voted Top 200 Site." That fad died out in the late 90's, after I discovered that you could steal those awards and post them on your own web site.
The hit counter can evidence problems. If your site was established in 2000, but there are only 50 hits (the majority being from the page operator) it likely has fallen into disrepair.
Every once in a while you will find evidence of neglect in the actual context of the page. This is perfectly displayed here:
http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/twarda/home.html
This is a fan page for the "Frugal Gourmet" AKA Jim Smith. Someone who had been locked in a closet for a year or two would find this page and be happy to know that Jim Smith was "happily retired and living in Seattle, Washington." Imagine one's shock that, after reading this, they surfed upon this news article:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2001976403_smith10.html
That's right. Jim died last summer.
This particular example of neglect is striking because the web page author assumedly was a fan of Jim Smith and wanted to express his/her fan appreciation by taking time to create a web page about the chef. However, when an important event in Jim's life like his DEATH occurs, three is no mention anywhere.
TKID4's point is that creating a web page is a responsibility. Just ask TKID1, who takes at least 4 minutes out of each day to stop at the tkidblog reststop before proceeding down the information superhighway on his way to bustychesterton.com/milf.
