hi everyone....maybe you don't remember this but i do...KaZaA used to use a nifty little javascript counter that used cookies to make it look like they had a lot of downloads going on that they don't actually have....
this is a
shrewd business move to get investors but not very good move for credibility
Here is that page that they forgot to take down :
http://bravo.kazaa.com/kazaa/dev2/index.htm
Please note: you must have javascript enabled to view the counters and you must be using some version of internet explorer particuliar versions 5 and higher
Watch the counter for a little bit...now clear your cookies and cache either manually or however you want to do it....now reload the page...notice that the counter Resets the count?
of course they lie and as Nicobie says, "the proof is in the pudding"
the 400,000 users you see when the counter is "broken" is actually the actual real number and the counter is "not broken" when you see this...its working correctly but their "spin guys" will
tell you otherwise...
if this gets too much attention EXPECT this link to go down and be dead soon
For those like Ethen with some knowlege of counters and scripts perhaps he or Dumwaldo can explain this trick better than i can.
-Harbynger