Comments on: Does Clock Widget For Websites Attract Longer Visits?

By: Black Forest Cuckoo Clock

Black Forest Cuckoo Clock — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:41:37 +0000

Hey we all like flashy things to look at. And any new gizmo will grab our visitors' attention for about the first 2 or 3 times they see it, then it becomes old and yesterday's old news and doesn't work anymore at grabbing attention. So then we need to install another new flashy thing and the cycle is repeated forever. Note: Links removed as per Comment Policy.

By: Mathdelane

Mathdelane — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:26:20 +0000

Welcome. It’s good to have you here.

By: enjayneer

enjayneer — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:30:50 +0000

hi there… we have the same opp.. i just glanced at your post.. =)

By: Mack

Mack — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:23:55 +0000

I completely agree to your view of peoples attraction towards flashy and colorful pages. There are quite some of them who never care about the content. While we have discussions on building a website the first choice of customers goes to flash pages and then we have to explain them about the entire google caching issues and the SERP issues if you have a website fully with flash. 45 minutes for a 200 word post seems to be really fast and I observe there is a good content and writing style with your posts. .-= Mack@Las Vegas Homes´s last blog ..Commercial Real Estate Bubble =-.

By: Mathdelane

Mathdelane — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:29:22 +0000

Hi Mack,

Your observations are true. Flash widgets do eat up loading time on web pages although sometimes I find it fancy. To each his own perhaps because some people are more attracted to colors and flashy things.

Regarding my writing, a 200-word post could go from 30-45 minutes depending on the topic. It normally takes hours for longer posts and those requiring more in depth discussion.

I don’t compromise quality over length but can be better if concise.

By: Mack

Mack — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:39:24 +0000

I second Corina. Not only the universal fact content and charming layout are the kings, those animated flash clocks takes time to load on some slower connections who might be a potential reader. When one finds a page taking time to load, its quite natural that he may leave the page only if he is not into some serious reading.

BTW, Math have you tracked the minutes you took to write a 200 word post? I am really interested to know your turn around time. For me writeup time depends on the content
.-= Mack@Las Vegas Homes´s last blog ..Commercial Real Estate Bubble =-.

By: Mathdelane

Mathdelane — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:31:10 +0000

Corinna,
You really have a good point there. Nothing could be better than a great post and a clean layout more than anything.

I was just playing around with ideas and I think flashy widgets could sometimes attract longer visits depending on how fancy and engaging it is.

By: Corinna@Hausfinanzierung berechnen

Corinna@Hausfinanzierung berechnen — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:36:54 +0000

Hi,
I don’t believe that a clock widget has impact on the time a visitor stays on a site. The only impact maybe a friendly and clear layout and an interesting post
.-= Corinna@Hausfinanzierung berechnen´s last blog ..Baufinanzierungsrechner Online =-.