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    Posted: November 02 2009 at 23:26

Maybe I'm really late on this, but I just noticed that between the song and lineup information there are two bold subsections for the Google search for the lyrics and tabs for that album. I have several huge problems with this

The placement makes it extremely annoying because I don't care about the lyrics and tabs for Tangerine Dream, if I'm looking at that section of the page I want to know who plays on the damn album. More importantly, aren't lyrics and tabs sites of dubious legality at best? The admins always warn us about posting full lyrics and tabs so we don't get in trouble with The Man, so how does it make sense to then have a link to them displayed more prominently than the album's lineup, much less at all? It also cheapens PA because it makes us look like one of those lyrics sites that is willing to make things almost unreadable as long as it generates a tiny bit more ad revenue.
 
Also, why is there a plain text ad for Trans-Siberian Orchestra and AC/DC tickets from vividseats.com at the beginning of the prog metal definition?


Edited by Henry Plainview - November 05 2009 at 18:33
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Points: 28057 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2009 at 00:05
Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

lyrics and tabs for Tangerine Dream


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Points: 19643 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2009 at 00:52


I've noticed this, but I thought it was semi-helpful, although I usually get lyrics out of the album art if they're supplied.

I don't really think its a problem in all honesty, and I've never found it distracting or annoying.
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Points: 16715 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2009 at 18:36
Well I am a formatting Nazi and I do not like contradictions so these things bother me more than perhaps they should.
 
Nobody else cares? So sad. :(
 
Also, in the OP I meant to say the ad for vividseats.com at the beginning of the prog metal definition, I'm not sure how that got cut off.
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Points: 900 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2009 at 18:55
I don't like them. I like the previous layout for displaying album information.
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Points: 15784 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2009 at 23:03
Sounds like we should rebel.
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Points: 16715 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2009 at 00:46
Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

Sounds like we should rebel.
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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2009 at 09:12
I guess I don't visit album pages too much, I only now just discovered this thanks to your thread.  And yes, that is dreadful.  Those links should be placed elsewhere, or removed.
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Points: 17332 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2009 at 10:06
Agreed. 
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