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There's this one user, a Google zealot - we don't know who he is - who
occasionally sends an e-mail to our "comments" address. Every time he
writes, the e-mail contains only a two-digit number. It took us awhile to
figure out what he was doing. Turns out he's counting the number of words on
the home page. When the number goes up, like up to 52, it gets him
irritated, and he e-mails us the new word count.  As crazy as it sounds, his
e-mails are helpful, because it has put an interesting discipline on the UI
team, so as not to introduce too many links. It's like a scale that tells
you that you've gained two pounds.
		-- Marissa Meyer, Google
		   http://www.goodexperience.com/2002/10/interview-marissa-mayer-produc.php

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