Not even sure what the point is for hollywooodreporter.co — or the other sites it promotes:
Each site has one “story,” all about Arcade Fire — themselves quite known for their trolling antics.
But these sites teach us all a valuable lesson in spotting fake sites right from the jump:
- Note the misspelling of “hollywood”
- Note the misspelling of “billboard” in the footer and in the URL for billlboard.co
- Note the close-but-not-quite-right name for Stereo Yum, which mimics the legit entertainment site, Stereo Gum.
- Note that clicking most “internal” links simply take you to the page you’re already on.
And they can’t seem to decide on a name.
Is this ClickBait? Are they simply banking on ad revenue from the occasional click? Or could this be another marketing troll from the band?
In the end, it doesn’t matter; it’s all fake.
And only mildly funny.
(Although updatas.com is a clever name.)
UPDATE: We called it. The Verge confirmed it.