Comments on: ClickTale Heatmaps

By: Matjaz Trontelj

Matjaz Trontelj — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:07:17 +0000

It is not so much about following individual mouse moves, but aggregating recorded data - as is done in heatmaps showing visitors attention or how far down the page they scroll. This information can be very useful for improving your visitors experience. I created a plugin for WordPress users who want to give ClickTale a try.

By: Lelia Katherine Thomas

Lelia Katherine Thomas — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:28:33 +0000

As cool as it might be to watch, I don’t see where it would be entirely useful, to be honest. I mean, what matters ultimately is where someone clicks, not where they move their cursor. Moreover, the movement of one’s cursor is not a good indicator of what someone’s interested in on your website, I don’t think. I mean, sometimes I just move my mouse around to give my hand something to do while I’m reading, or my cursor will seemingly move upward on a page, when I’m actually just headed for a different tab in Firefox; or perhaps it’d seem to go to the right, when in all actuality I’d just be headed for my scrollbar.

Click information is still vital. Mouse movement information might be misleading.

By: Chewxy

Chewxy — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:33:54 +0000

Off topic : I found from CrazyEgg that in near NSFW pics I had posted, user always clicked the crotch area. Right.

Humanity.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:22:42 +0000

I can certainly see this being useful to corporate site designers. Seeing where users click, how often they click, and how they use the site would provide some incredible information when trying to fit pages for certain user types.
If the cost isn’t too prohibitive, I might just consider it when my business site is released this July.