Brian, My own experience supports Jared's view below. A simple translation of URL will generally not cause concerns (when noticed at all), especially if the site & site content match the visitor's expectations going in.
Regards Steve 2009/12/29 Jared Spool <[email protected]> > Brian wrote: > > Any repercussions from the users/visitors? Trust issues? Confusion? >> Don’t notice? >> > > In My Opinion: most users won't notice. > > It'll depend far more on the content. Why did people type in pear.com to > begin with? It wasn't a random act -- something told them to do that. > Whatever content is on the resulting page, that should match their > expectation. If it matches, they won't bother to check the URL. > > You might want to check into the work of BJ Fogg and his studies on trust > and credibility online. > > Jared -- Steve 'Doc' Baty | Principal | Meld Consulting | P: +61 417 061 292 | E: [email protected] | Twitter: docbaty | Skype: steve_baty | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stevebaty ________________________________________________________________ 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
