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Appearances are…
January 16th, 2006
I read at the BBC News:
Internet users make up their minds about the quality of a website in the blink of an eye, a study shows…The researchers also believe that these quickly-formed first impressions last because of what is known to psychologists as the “halo effect”. If people believe a website looks good, then this positive quality will spread to other areas, such as the website’s content. Since people like to be right, they will continue to use the website that made a good first impression, as this will further confirm that their initial decision was a good one.
What a challenge for humble blogs like mine! It means we bloggers should devote as much attention as possible to layout, since we won’t have much chance of showing our content otherwise… Another reason to favour blogs and wikis with really user-friendly interfaces over more “technical” ones, especially when choosing what to recommend to our students…
Computer-mediated writing | Comments (3)3 Responses to “Appearances are…”
Dear Gladys,
What a wonderful edublog you have!!!
I like everything on it!
Congratulations!
Hugs,
Cora
Dear Gladys,
Your blog certainly has all the features necessary to create a successful “first impression”. Congratulations!!!
We have not interacted much but I have followed your progress this year and it has been amazing. Your dedication, strong will, humility and kindness are seen all over. Your web presence has grown enormously and you definitely have established yourself as a real Webhead in Action. Hooorayyy.
Hi Berta! Have you ever seen my entries in my Yahoo blog entitled “You never know who’s looking”??? I’d never have imagined there were so many eyes set on me… If I’d know, though, perhapds I’d have frozen!
Anyway, finding “voices” and “ears” was my main reason for building a Web presence , so THANKS for being there and sharing!
Gladys