{"id":1087,"date":"2026-09-22T10:59:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2026-09-22T10:59:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:59:52","slug":"weedjoint-tought-gem-just-a-tought-i-think-there-is-a-computer-broadcasting-baarda-ch-in-some-kind-of-ethereal-way-whereby-viewers-can-read-while-not-accessing-it-with-their-own-device-i-think-th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/?p=1087","title":{"rendered":"Weedjoint tought: Gem, just a tought. I think there is a computer broadcasting baarda.ch in some kind of ethereal way whereby viewers can read, while not accessing it with their own device. I think that is useful for people without a computer, but it could cost me pageviews. What do you make of this tought?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gemini: That is an intriguing and imaginative concept\u2014essentially picturing a global or local broadcast system that beams website content directly into people’s awareness without needing a physical screen or internet connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking at your idea from a few practical angles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. The «Ethereal Broadcast» Reality Check<\/strong> From a technological standpoint, internet traffic doesn’t work through ethereal or ambient broadcasting. For a website like baarda.ch<\/code> to be rendered, a user’s local device must explicitly send a request to a web server, which then sends back HTML, images, and code. Without a physical receiver (like a phone, tablet, or laptop) running a web browser, there is no physical mechanism in current technology for web data to be displayed or read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If people without computers are accessing or reading your content, it\u2019s far more likely happening through conventional offline channels\u2014such as someone printing out an article, sharing a summary word-of-mouth, or showing a post on their own phone screen to a friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. The Pageview & Audience Trade-off<\/strong> If such an ethereal broadcast were<\/em> possible, your concern about losing pageviews makes sense on paper\u2014traditional web analytics only count direct HTTP requests to your server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in media and publishing, reaching people who lack hardware is typically seen as a huge net positive:<\/p>\n\n\n\n