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agree. can't argue with the results, traffic, and revenue of Drudge report.

Design can mean a lot of things, but the kind of "design" i care about when presenting information can be evaluated independently of its "results, traffic, and revenue".

Results, maybe. Not sure why Jason makes such a point about the success of the site. Seems almost like "because its so popular, it must be good design".

McDonalds sells the most burgers, that doesn't mean it makes the best burgers.

Even from the "results" perspective, its hard to believe that the results are good BECAUSE of the design. If apple.com turned its page to all text, I think it'd still have great traffic. Unless you consider "being at the right place at the right time when there were no serious competitors" a critical design component of Drudge Report, I have to disagree with Jason's assessment.