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Thursday, January 27, 2005

 

Most Hated Advertising Techniques

Design Element Users Answering
"Very Negatively"
or "Negatively"
Pops-up in front of your window 95%
Loads slowly 94%
Tries to trick you into clicking on it 94%
Does not have a "Close" button 93%
Covers what you are trying to see 93%
Doesn't say what it is for 92%
Moves content around 92%
Occupies most of the page 90%
Blinks on and off 87%
Floats across the screen 79%
Automatically plays sound 79%
Most Hated Advertising Techniques (Via Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox) I hope Rediff is listening.
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2 Comments:

Blogger Abu Inaya said...

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4:45 AM  
Blogger Abu Inaya said...

Then why do you thing people still go to Rediff. Give it a serious thought! Usability is important but there are other forces at work here to attract consumers. Information Rules the web!

4:46 AM  

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