Um...Is this a service or an advertisement? Way too busy for my taste. Cool idea but chill with the Google Ads please. For instance on my screen resolution (1280x1024) there were three separate Google Ad spaces on the left, center, and right before I even began to scroll and there are 6 total "blocks" of ads on the homepage alone. I don't know if there is a study, but I would have to assume that you can make a lot more money from ad impressions by lessening the amount of "blocks" you have on each page. I assume this because most users see too many ads as a ploy and may not use your site. Whereas less ads means more pages the user will click through on your site, thus giving you the number of impressions you want and then some.
I agree with the other comments. I find that users want to explore and learn themselves instead of reading about the why's and what's. Having a way too tiny link to "Start a list" at the very top of the page is a very bad decision. Starting a list: Don't be so intrusive. Let the user create their list and then if they want to save it tell them they have to join. Having a notice every several list additions is a way of saying to someone, "hey don't keep going cause your going to have to give us your email address and sign up". If you let them finish a list then they are vested in it and a higher percentage will want to join so that they can save, share, export (what have you) the list that they worked so diligently on. All that being said the idea is awesome and I look forward to seeing enhancements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46442 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
