Got A Second? Barely! Grabbing A Website Visitors Attention
The blink of an eye! Thats how long it takes a visitor to assess the overall look of your website. Research has recently shown that a site visitor will decide whether or not they like your website in 1/20th of a second. Thats less than the time it takes to blink! And in less than 10 seconds they decide to stay at your website or leave!
The report, published in the latest issue of Behaviour and Information Technology journal, claims that if the first impression is negative, youll probably drive people off. It really is just a physiological response,” Gitte Lindgaard told Reuters. What the report does not conclude, is what actually makes a successful, aesthetically pleasing website, but only how much time it would take for a visitor to make that decision.
In the 6 years we have been developing websites, we have had the ability to test many different styles and looks of websites. We have also studied successful sites, to find out what the secret really is. What we found out is astonishing. Ready?
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