barryaudiophile
My question was about what that makes a website noteworthy and interesting? ... how it captures attention, how it educates ... who better to ask direct question of the the viewers of such sites. ...
You’re in an area where I have some expertise @barryaudiophile - an entire industry exists to contemplate your questions. Your search may not be best answered by users, because they often don’t consciously know why they linger on some pages and ignore others. Instead you need to delve into the Google Analytics of your pages, then correlate those data to your site content.