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But small businesses are still behind. Way behind. See http://buddingtonsphoto.com/ as an example.

What a great way to acquire new customers. Post the worst websites you can find on Hacker News, bombarding them with hits and laughter, and embarrassing them into upgrading.

(I'd call them and ask why they haven't engaged Seeing Interactive, but I just don't have the heart.)

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Trust me, we have way more examples than this.

The truth is that we do not sell directly to SMBs. We work through local newspapers and they sell using their brand. If you called any of our SMB customers, they probably have never heard the name "Seeing Interactive"--which is how we can get away with using such a terrible name. :)

I think it's more about mediocre sites, if the site is just bad enough, that seems to generate a lot of traffic, too. You'll get mentioned in social media sites, and apparently enough people who come to gawk order something. yvettesbridalformal.com is allegedly doing quite well.

There's probably a business idea in there, too. But at what price?

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