Are landing pages making a comeback

[TeamacPaints]

Just recently I have noticed a ever increasing number of landing pages on websites, the ones I have come across have been in the sports industry like rugby/football and their landing pages are sparse but offering the social avenues on a plate.

are Landing pages making their way back in the seo industry?

[BrightHealth]

I don't think they ever left.

[TeamacPaints]

may be not left but, i am meaning click here to enter site pages,

[Mike_Davis]

Having read your clarification below, my answer is "God I hope not." The days of "click here to enter" need to be relegated to the same graveyard as frames and entirely Flashed out websites.  Do I need to go on Change.org to make sure this does not happen? I will if I have to!

[jesse-landry]

I gotta agree with Mike here. That said, I doubt this trend could stick around if it did return from an SEO standpoint especially.

I'm going to impose my own set of penalties on websites I hate. This type of site will be on my list of major offenders. The penalty is - I hate your site. Deal with it, internet.

[TeamacPaints]

its exactly what I thought to be fair but over the last few days of visiting a few should I say well established websites having these types of pages. I had thought I had missed something

[AndrewAtMGXCopy]

Do you have any examples of landing pages? (Because I'm curious too.)

What are they trying to achieve by having splash pages?

I could see apparel/design companies doing that for show, but not for commerce/blog sites.

[TakeshiYoung]

I think you mean splash pages, not landing pages. Splash pages are almost never a good idea from an SEO perspective, and are generally not a good user experience either.

[TeamacPaints]

Hello, sure i kind of understand whats happening etc, but to be fair i found Enter website fairly small over on the left of the screen, may be I am looking too deep into it. http://www.hullfc.com/smallsplash.aspx?a=1763

cheers

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