Comments on: Your site will succeed or fail in the first 10 seconds http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/06/06/your-site-will-succeed-or-fail-in-the-first-10-seconds/ Essays on viral marketing, freemium, and social gaming Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:01:41 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mfarney http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/06/06/your-site-will-succeed-or-fail-in-the-first-10-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-2602 mfarney Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:35:50 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/06/06/your-site-will-succeed-or-fail-in-the-first-10-seconds/#comment-2602 We all should be careful how our bounce rate acts. If it's above 20% then we have a problem. A smaller bounce rate is always good.It means that people spend more time on the site and they check out more then one page. <br>_________ <br>Mathew Farney - <a rel="follow" href="http://www.123-reg.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">domain</a> We all should be careful how our bounce rate acts. If it's above 20% then we have a problem. A smaller bounce rate is always good.It means that people spend more time on the site and they check out more then one page.
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]]> By: To my first 10,000 blog subscribers: Thank you! | Andrew Chen (@andrew_chen) http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/06/06/your-site-will-succeed-or-fail-in-the-first-10-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-2028 To my first 10,000 blog subscribers: Thank you! | Andrew Chen (@andrew_chen) Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:55:52 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/06/06/your-site-will-succeed-or-fail-in-the-first-10-seconds/#comment-2028 [...] Your site will succeed or fail in the first 10 seconds [...] [...] Your site will succeed or fail in the first 10 seconds [...]

]]> By: Orville Chomer http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/06/06/your-site-will-succeed-or-fail-in-the-first-10-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-668 Orville Chomer Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:40:32 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/06/06/your-site-will-succeed-or-fail-in-the-first-10-seconds/#comment-668 <p>Thanks for the common sense. It's obvious that there has to be stuff on the site good enough to engage the user. It is definitely something that I am working on.</p> Thanks for the common sense. It’s obvious that there has to be stuff on the site good enough to engage the user. It is definitely something that I am working on.

]]> By: Jim Bursch http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/06/06/your-site-will-succeed-or-fail-in-the-first-10-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-667 Jim Bursch Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:44:02 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/06/06/your-site-will-succeed-or-fail-in-the-first-10-seconds/#comment-667 <p>I don't buy it.</p> <p>While your design points are good and valid, I don't think it is healthy to approach your users like one of those speed-dating events. If you focus on just the first 10 seconds, you are not focussed on developing a relationship with users.</p> <p>Of course you can't develop a relationship if you drive them away in the first 10 seconds, but to say "Your site will succeed or fail in the first 10 seconds" is an exageration that I don't think is a good message, or a good way to approach users and your web site.</p> I don’t buy it.

While your design points are good and valid, I don’t think it is healthy to approach your users like one of those speed-dating events. If you focus on just the first 10 seconds, you are not focussed on developing a relationship with users.

Of course you can’t develop a relationship if you drive them away in the first 10 seconds, but to say “Your site will succeed or fail in the first 10 seconds” is an exageration that I don’t think is a good message, or a good way to approach users and your web site.

]]> By: Ed Kohler http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/06/06/your-site-will-succeed-or-fail-in-the-first-10-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-666 Ed Kohler Sat, 09 Jun 2007 15:46:40 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/06/06/your-site-will-succeed-or-fail-in-the-first-10-seconds/#comment-666 <p>Great points. It seems important to analyze what pages people are spending the least time on to see if those pages are particularly troubling, or if they're pages where people are getting what they're after quickly.</p> Great points. It seems important to analyze what pages people are spending the least time on to see if those pages are particularly troubling, or if they’re pages where people are getting what they’re after quickly.

]]> By: Ada http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/06/06/your-site-will-succeed-or-fail-in-the-first-10-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-665 Ada Fri, 08 Jun 2007 07:04:08 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/06/06/your-site-will-succeed-or-fail-in-the-first-10-seconds/#comment-665 <p>I really liked this post. Good pointers on something that is often overlooked.</p> I really liked this post. Good pointers on something that is often overlooked.

]]> By: Karthik Bhat http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/06/06/your-site-will-succeed-or-fail-in-the-first-10-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-664 Karthik Bhat Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:44:45 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/06/06/your-site-will-succeed-or-fail-in-the-first-10-seconds/#comment-664 <p>Good One!!! But here, aren't we assuming that Google's SEO is 100% accurate and 100% of Google generated visitors are the targeted audience for a given website? </p> <p>Isn't it possible that the above graph can be interpreted differently? A successful website that has enough number of people to make up its critical mass, and who are reaching a large section of their targeted audience, might look at the above 44% of people as NOT their targeted users??</p> Good One!!! But here, aren’t we assuming that Google’s SEO is 100% accurate and 100% of Google generated visitors are the targeted audience for a given website?

Isn’t it possible that the above graph can be interpreted differently? A successful website that has enough number of people to make up its critical mass, and who are reaching a large section of their targeted audience, might look at the above 44% of people as NOT their targeted users??

]]> By: noah kagan http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/06/06/your-site-will-succeed-or-fail-in-the-first-10-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-663 noah kagan Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:20:24 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/06/06/your-site-will-succeed-or-fail-in-the-first-10-seconds/#comment-663 <p>God you are the consumer genius!</p> God you are the consumer genius!

]]> By: sermoon http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/06/06/your-site-will-succeed-or-fail-in-the-first-10-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-662 sermoon Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:17:31 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/06/06/your-site-will-succeed-or-fail-in-the-first-10-seconds/#comment-662 <p>This is a good article.<br /> Very informative and clear</p> This is a good article.
Very informative and clear

]]> By: Praveen http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/06/06/your-site-will-succeed-or-fail-in-the-first-10-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-661 Praveen Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:26:58 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2007/06/06/your-site-will-succeed-or-fail-in-the-first-10-seconds/#comment-661 <p>Thanks.</p> Thanks.

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