Do ppl really scroll down to earth to read your blog ??

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by rewlie, Apr 20, 2006.

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    I've seen so many blog that requires me to scroll down to earth to read all the post at the frontpage, and i really hate to do that, yes i really hate that!

    Do u think other ppl will feel as same as i do ?? I come from a country which is most of the user was tech-savvy, and I believe that, most tech-savvy visitor dont know what is RSS all about.. so what's your opinion ??
     
    rewlie, Apr 20, 2006 IP
  2. cormac

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    Im sure if you dislike it then there are others too.

    I think maybe the real hard core blog readers actually like having to scroll or Blogs would have probably been designed differently - IMHO.

    Personally I like seeing so many posts on the one page - I hate having to jump from page to page and ending up lost or having to wait for each new page to load.
     
    cormac, Apr 20, 2006 IP
  3. Skinny

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    I hate that. Especially if there are plenty of pictures or way too much text.

    My solution: Blogger and Wordpress offer a similar Read more link.

    I run a gadget blog and I know that certain people are interested in certain things so I simply give them the first 2 paragraphs (sometimes more sometimes less) of a post.

    That way they will click on the link to see the full post. It's also useful in another way because I can track what my visitors are reading.

    Skinny
     
    Skinny, Apr 20, 2006 IP
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    If they really want to see it or read it they would do it. If you dont like it then just dont do it. Sometimes it gets annoying tho.
     
    jordan5815, Apr 20, 2006 IP
  5. rewlie

    rewlie Active Member

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    I agree with Skinny. Ppl will only take 10 seconds to judge whether to or not stay on your blog, putting in all one page will make it messy, and not all of us were hardcore readers, and you will know ppl are actually attracted to your blog if they click "Read more", rather than just track the visits by putting a counter on the index page .. we are talking about possibility, dont make it annoying by saying if u dont like it, dont do it, would you say that to your visitors ??
     
    rewlie, Apr 21, 2006 IP