What don't you like about the desktop new look? We actually designed it FOR desktop, because there isn't much you can do with mobile layouts anyway and historically most readers access it from work on desktop. Our mobile penetration is far lower than internet average. I accept it works best on a 15 inch desktop screen which might be your problem.
Genuinely interested because we are fixing stuff in response to reader feedback, eg the reformatting of comments, the return of 'Latest Comments', the upcoming introduction of a dark mode etc. It is virtually the same as the old layout except that we've made it a bit more newbie friendly, it is responsive (so doesn't get lost on big screens) and the images are bigger.
Today's Marriott piece is not really advertorial. It is virtually a carbon copy of the annual article I write about each of the hotel schemes. With one obvious exception to come, the rest of the Week of Wonders content is stuff we'd have run anyway even if they hadn't booked a massive chunk of advertising. You also haven't seen the five competitions yet, which make up five of the nine articles.
We have never - ever - run an article on the site which was not written by our team and where we did not have final editorial sign-off.
As a reminder ..... excluding myself, Head for Points provides three people with a job. No-one had their salary or hours reduced during covid, no-one was put on furlough. We have continued to pay everyone despite an 80% collapse in revenue. The site remains free to all with no paywall or subscription options. Even October, with a couple of major sponsored deals, we will be 50% down on last year despite page views being up.
Last edited by Raffles; Oct 8, 2020 at 5:24 am