Comments on: 21 Factors that Influence the First Impression of Your Website’s Visitors http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/first-impression/ Web Design and Development Blog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:42:54 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Smooth Step Design http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/first-impression/#comment-40696 Smooth Step Design Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:38:39 +0000 http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/first-impression/#comment-40696 I would recommend to enable website compression (gZip or Deflate) for those browsers that support it. This dramatically increases load times for complex pages that have lots of HTML and CSS. I would recommend to enable website compression (gZip or Deflate) for those browsers that support it. This dramatically increases load times for complex pages that have lots of HTML and CSS.

]]> By: Cara Dixon http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/first-impression/#comment-39464 Cara Dixon Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:49:00 +0000 http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/first-impression/#comment-39464 Really great article! Provides a really good overview of the major contirbuting factors to creating a good first impression on a website. This will definitely prove really useful in the future! Thanks for sharing! Really great article! Provides a really good overview of the major contirbuting factors to creating a good first impression on a website. This will definitely prove really useful in the future! Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Improve Your Vertical http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/first-impression/#comment-38775 Improve Your Vertical Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:52:23 +0000 http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/first-impression/#comment-38775 Point 16 is one of my biggest pet peeves. I cannot believe how many sites force you to listen to their repetitive music with non-obvious mute buttons hidden on the page somewhere. I rank videos that start automatically slightly below the music though. Also I have to agree with all the folks that say you should include the date (which you did change), it can depend on the topic as well. If a particular post is more time sensitive it may annoy readers more to find out they are reading outdated info. Overall I like the list! Point 16 is one of my biggest pet peeves. I cannot believe how many sites force you to listen to their repetitive music with non-obvious mute buttons hidden on the page somewhere. I rank videos that start automatically slightly below the music though.

Also I have to agree with all the folks that say you should include the date (which you did change), it can depend on the topic as well. If a particular post is more time sensitive it may annoy readers more to find out they are reading outdated info.

Overall I like the list!

]]> By: Byggeri http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/first-impression/#comment-38310 Byggeri Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:12:18 +0000 http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/first-impression/#comment-38310 I'm with you on the not-so-large header images. I prefer having the actual content higher up, so there's more room above the fold. Regarding loadtime, I just recently moved a site of mine (<a href="http://www.byggeklar.dk" rel="nofollow">Byggeklar</a>) onto a new server - and Pingdom.com now reports loadtimes way, way slower than before. Not sure if it's a reliable measuring tool though. Anyone? I’m with you on the not-so-large header images. I prefer having the actual content higher up, so there’s more room above the fold.

Regarding loadtime, I just recently moved a site of mine (Byggeklar) onto a new server – and Pingdom.com now reports loadtimes way, way slower than before. Not sure if it’s a reliable measuring tool though. Anyone?

]]> By: Vandelay Website Design http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/first-impression/#comment-37737 Vandelay Website Design Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:48:56 +0000 http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/first-impression/#comment-37737 Matt, Meta tags are basically worthless at this point. They're not going to do much of anything for SEO, but I agree that they should be relevant if you're using them at all. Matt,
Meta tags are basically worthless at this point. They’re not going to do much of anything for SEO, but I agree that they should be relevant if you’re using them at all.

]]> By: Graphic Designer http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/first-impression/#comment-37735 Graphic Designer Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:57:03 +0000 http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/first-impression/#comment-37735 You forgot the most important thing, is your content relevant to their search, did they want to find you! Make sure all your meta tags and seo are relevant to your website. Who wants to land on and waste time on irrelevant web sites. Matt. You forgot the most important thing, is your content relevant to their search, did they want to find you! Make sure all your meta tags and seo are relevant to your website. Who wants to land on and waste time on irrelevant web sites. Matt.

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]]> By: London Web Design http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/first-impression/#comment-37085 London Web Design Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:35:20 +0000 http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/first-impression/#comment-37085 It is really professionally explained , i want to thank you for sharing you knowledge. a designer should design website keeping these points in head. first impression is last impression no doubt at all. It is really professionally explained , i want to thank you for sharing you knowledge. a designer should design website keeping these points in head. first impression is last impression no doubt at all.

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