What Makes Someone Leave A Website?
By Barry Ritholtz - December 11th, 2011, 5:00PM
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Please use the comments to demonstrate your own ignorance, unfamiliarity with empirical data, ability to repeat discredited memes, and lack of respect for scientific knowledge. Also, be sure to create straw men and argue against things I have neither said nor even implied. Any irrelevancies you can mention will also be appreciated. Lastly, kindly forgo all civility in your discourse . . . you are, after all, anonymous.
December 11th, 2011 at 6:19 pm
Priceless…
December 11th, 2011 at 6:50 pm
Gawker’s redesign is a classic study in what not to do. WOW, that sight is a struggle now.
December 11th, 2011 at 7:09 pm
“Don’t use typefaces that … have poor contrast.”. Fail. Next?
December 11th, 2011 at 8:04 pm
Sadly, my health insurance website is the worst. The design is so bad it seems intentional.
December 11th, 2011 at 8:54 pm
I leave as soon as it gets political. You may as well argue over who’s got the best religion.
December 11th, 2011 at 11:37 pm
organization – why did they come to your website – are all the important things readily available and to the point. No distractions – flashing advertising…w/little side videos, etc.
General to specific – important and non wordy. short sentences – good sentence structure – draw them to something unique and then point the way – read my blog – and just go down the subjects – provocative, surprising – pictures that draw to words…. make controversial points and be controversial….
btw barry you are very good at it!!!!!
December 12th, 2011 at 6:27 am
i admire, respect and visit your website often because
a) i learn from you, your guest posters and the commentariat
b) it’s inclusive and allows any educated person to visit, comment, and get feedback
c) it’s topical and includes not only financial direction and strategies but also all the connected issues like the environment, politics and movements, and topics like health care, art, fashion, music, gift ideas, automobile and electronic gadget revues, and commentary on the state of the nation and world (especially with respect to economists and banking, but some good stuff on the political situations that result from same).
Thanks! Keep up the good work!
December 12th, 2011 at 7:47 am
Karl Denninger threw me out of MarketTticker because he said my use of the term “teabagger” was a sexual connotation, I told him beauty was in the eye of the beholder.
I seldom go to Mish’s site anymore, he became a one note Johnny about firing muni workers.
December 12th, 2011 at 9:02 am
BR, I recommend the book “Don’t Make Me Think“. It is the best book ever written about webdesign. Don’t remember the author’s name, but have internalized most of his advice. Can’t recommend this book enough.
December 12th, 2011 at 1:27 pm
#4 Obtrusive use of video and audio – Definitely the worst one in my opinion. Of course, I also group all widgets that slow down your computer like all the social media links as pop ups in this category. Speed and pertinent information are the biggest keys.
December 13th, 2011 at 7:29 pm
One of my children designs websites for a living. I sent this piece to her. She answered: I know all that Dad; but a lot of owners INSIST on bad designs just because THEY like it that way. I suspect that many IT managers and upper management are their worst enemies when they insist on certain features for their Companies’ websites, features that result in less not more eyeballs.