Comments on: Are you frustrating your visitors? http://www.communityspark.com/are-you-frustrating-your-visitors/ Community Building Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:46:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Martin Reed - Blog Author http://www.communityspark.com/are-you-frustrating-your-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-17183 Martin Reed - Blog Author Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:42:41 +0000 http://www.communityspark.com/are-you-frustrating-your-visitors/#comment-17183 <strong>Gallito</strong> - Thanks for bringing that to my attention; there was an issue with the config file from when I updated my WordPress installation. Anyway, all should be fixed now ;) Gallito – Thanks for bringing that to my attention; there was an issue with the config file from when I updated my WordPress installation. Anyway, all should be fixed now ;)

]]> By: Gallito http://www.communityspark.com/are-you-frustrating-your-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-16969 Gallito Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:28:39 +0000 http://www.communityspark.com/are-you-frustrating-your-visitors/#comment-16969 One other thing that bothers visitors is when you use non-ascii characters in your blog post that FF3 doesn't recognize :) I would revise your first paragraph so that I don't see lots of tm's and such (looks like a problem with apostrophes). One other thing that bothers visitors is when you use non-ascii characters in your blog post that FF3 doesn’t recognize :) I would revise your first paragraph so that I don’t see lots of tm’s and such (looks like a problem with apostrophes).

]]> By: Martin Reed - Blog Author http://www.communityspark.com/are-you-frustrating-your-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-14828 Martin Reed - Blog Author Mon, 12 May 2008 18:13:42 +0000 http://www.communityspark.com/are-you-frustrating-your-visitors/#comment-14828 <strong>Eva</strong> - Thanks for your kind comment. As for government websites - don't even get me started! Eva – Thanks for your kind comment. As for government websites – don’t even get me started!

]]> By: Eva White http://www.communityspark.com/are-you-frustrating-your-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-14789 Eva White Sat, 10 May 2008 07:39:45 +0000 http://www.communityspark.com/are-you-frustrating-your-visitors/#comment-14789 This article should be made mandatory reading for website designers, specially of government sites. This article should be made mandatory reading for website designers, specially of government sites.

]]> By: Martin Reed - Blog Author http://www.communityspark.com/are-you-frustrating-your-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-14520 Martin Reed - Blog Author Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:16:23 +0000 http://www.communityspark.com/are-you-frustrating-your-visitors/#comment-14520 <strong>Terrano</strong> - Sometimes registration is a necessity. I wouldn't recommend running a forum without a registration system in place. If you do, not only are you opening yourself up to more spam (as you have found out), you are also making it far easier for people to have their identities stolen. If a user name isn't registered to an individual user, how will you know who you are talking to? Your members will struggle to build relationships if they don't know who they are interacting with! Terrano – Sometimes registration is a necessity. I wouldn’t recommend running a forum without a registration system in place. If you do, not only are you opening yourself up to more spam (as you have found out), you are also making it far easier for people to have their identities stolen. If a user name isn’t registered to an individual user, how will you know who you are talking to? Your members will struggle to build relationships if they don’t know who they are interacting with!

]]> By: Terrano http://www.communityspark.com/are-you-frustrating-your-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-14500 Terrano Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:49:50 +0000 http://www.communityspark.com/are-you-frustrating-your-visitors/#comment-14500 (but if you need to register in order to voice your opinions on a website, the chances are you will simply move along.) Congrats on the new look, very nice. Any ideas please on how you can by pass the registration process on a phpbb2 board with out being spammed to death, I thought I would open one section up for the public and within 30 secs explicit images were posted by a spam bot I suspect as a guest. (but if you need to register in order to voice your opinions on a website, the chances are you will simply move along.)

Congrats on the new look, very nice.

Any ideas please on how you can by pass the registration process on a phpbb2 board with out being spammed to death, I thought I would open one section up for the public and within 30 secs explicit images were posted by a spam bot I suspect as a guest.

]]> By: Martin Reed - Blog Author http://www.communityspark.com/are-you-frustrating-your-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-13073 Martin Reed - Blog Author Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:26:40 +0000 http://www.communityspark.com/are-you-frustrating-your-visitors/#comment-13073 <strong>TigerTom</strong> - Thanks for the additional tip; it's definitely a good idea to give prominence to sections of the site you want your visitors to visit. TigerTom – Thanks for the additional tip; it’s definitely a good idea to give prominence to sections of the site you want your visitors to visit.

]]> By: TigerTom http://www.communityspark.com/are-you-frustrating-your-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-13064 TigerTom Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:52:19 +0000 http://www.communityspark.com/are-you-frustrating-your-visitors/#comment-13064 It's also a good idea to put whatever link you want people to click on in BIG letters, or a big image. Make it extremely obvious. People scan a page very quickly. It’s also a good idea to put whatever link you want people to click on in BIG letters, or a big image. Make it extremely obvious. People scan a page very quickly.

]]> By: Martin Reed - Blog Author http://www.communityspark.com/are-you-frustrating-your-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-12786 Martin Reed - Blog Author Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:14:42 +0000 http://www.communityspark.com/are-you-frustrating-your-visitors/#comment-12786 <strong>Peter</strong> - You're right, slow load times are simply not tolerated. You can prove this point by thinking of your own experiences. I am sure you can recall a few sites that you have visited but left because the site was so slow. Peter – You’re right, slow load times are simply not tolerated. You can prove this point by thinking of your own experiences. I am sure you can recall a few sites that you have visited but left because the site was so slow.

]]> By: Peter http://www.communityspark.com/are-you-frustrating-your-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-12778 Peter Sat, 03 Nov 2007 18:47:34 +0000 http://www.communityspark.com/are-you-frustrating-your-visitors/#comment-12778 The bit about impatience really is important - and not only in site structure. I read a study recently which found that people are much less likely to return to a site with a load time over 5 seconds - so you're actively turning away visitors by having a host that is too slow or a poorly designed and slow loading site. The bit about impatience really is important – and not only in site structure.
I read a study recently which found that people are much less likely to return to a site with a load time over 5 seconds – so you’re actively turning away visitors by having a host that is too slow or a poorly designed and slow loading site.

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