+stu_and_sarah Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 Last week, my lovely wife and I were on holiday in Dartmoor. We got 7 caches, which isn't bad given the changeable weather. I had spent most of the previous Friday afternoon finding and printing caches we might be interested in. Last week, unbeknownst to me, my company launched a 'name and shame' list of 'web abuse'. A list of the top 20 websites was emailed around the entire company - the rank being chosen by number of hits. Now... gc.com has all these little icons and buttons and things, each of which generates a hit. So, there at number 5 in the list was www.geocaching.com with 5800 hits. Being the only cacher in the company, I admitted my guilt - but then things started to turn a little. Obviously, when the list came out, the first thing people did was browse to the sites to see what they were all about. People have been coming up to me all day asking questions about caching. One guy is bringing in his mapping GPS PDA, which sounds pretty cool. Others are highly likely to give caching a go! Maybe next week we'll get gc.com up to number 1. Quote Link to comment
+MarcB Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 Excellent! More midlands Geocachers MarcB Took Log Book, Left Nothing Quote Link to comment
Team Tate Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 Any excuse to do more web surfing & less work! Hope you didn't get into too much trouble Sarah x Team Tate Remember - if it's moving, it's not dead... Quote Link to comment
+minstrelcat Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 With any luck gc.com will be number 1 next time! Seriously though - some companies take a dim view of non-work related internet use at work, so be careful. Lisa Quote Link to comment
+Flackadder Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Browsing is a little naughty really. Where I work though its more a case of if the work is happening then its fine to browse. sortta anyway Bob.... http://www.bobh.co.uk Quote Link to comment
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