Web sites judged in a blink
Mark Ghosh 
Thanks for visiting! We would like to serve you better. Please subscribe to our RSS feed for daily updates. This blog posts regular Wordpress news, updates of themes, plugins, ideas, hacks, quick fixes and everything about blogging, especially about Wordpress. You can also receive updates from this blog via email if you want that method of notification.
Web sites judged in a blink “If the first impression is negative, you’ll probably drive people off.” We always knew this but there is more research behind first impressions on the web. However, how does this work when content is read through syndication?
(No Ratings Yet)
Loading ...
Comments RSS
Powered by 
Designed by 
No, it doesn’t apply to the content itself, just the aesthetic impression a site’s layout/apperance elicits. That’s the point of the findings: Regardless of the content, a site’s appearance creates an instant impression that then influences the subsequent experience.
So reading feeds avoids this, at least until/unless you click through to the site itself. But c’mon — we all know nobody reads content thru RSS.
[Reply] CT (4 comments.) — 01/20/2006 @ 11:55 amDon’t blink !!!
You have only one chance to make a good first impression and it lasts only 50 milliseconds…via Seth Godin
alea — 01/20/2006 @ 4:31 pmAdd:
Web sites judged in a blink “If the first impression is negative, you’ll probably drive people off.†We always knew this but ther…
First impressions count, part 1
If you are in the web design community, you have probably already heard that web users judge websites in the blink of an eye, more specifically, in 50 milliseconds. Let’s dissect this.
No matter how fast a user’s internet connection is, f…
Christian Montoya — 01/22/2006 @ 1:51 pmHere is a nice post I read about first imressions:
[Reply] Joe — 01/26/2006 @ 9:45 amhttp://www.avich.com/avich/express/?p=4
Hello,
If websites are judged in a blink, then I invite you to visit the following site: http://www.stepwebz.com. StepWebZ is an online provider of services and content solutions for webmasters and bloggers, providing an array of simple tools allowing the addition and management of constantly updated news to blogs and sites.
Just for information, they also allow bloggers to promote and monetize their content.
nicob
[Reply] nicob (1 comments.) — 01/31/2006 @ 11:32 pm