What makes you leave a website that you just found of a search engine?
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
Calgary, Alberta
February 28, 2016 10:16am CST
I decided to write about this because there is a growing interest with search engine optimization. There is something I realize though. Just because your website appears on the first page of Google search it doesn't mean people will stay. If you give them a bad first impression they will leave.
I want to make a topic that I hope will be found by website owners while their searching on Google because a certain website just upsetting me to the point of rage quitting. I want to write something in the perspective on Internet surfers.
What makes me leave a website that I just found?
1.Forced Registration -There are these annoying websites that bullies lurkers to join their website without seeing the content of their site. I just want to read a thread or an article. I am sorry but I am not going to go to a forum or blog that forces me to register.
2. Pop Up adds- I am okay with advertisements because it keeps a website alive but for the love of lord of mercy! Please no pop ups! That is 90's and it is so annoying.
3. Forced captcha- Why in the moist barrels of goat pee I should answer a Captcha when all I need to do is to read a bloody article. I understand you do this to block spammers but you are driving away traffic with this shenanigans. Make peopel answer a Captcha before commenting and not before they can read your content.
4.Unresponsiveness- A website that crashes a lot and have a lot of errors is a huge bad first impression.
5. Hd embedded autoplaying video-My internet connection is slow. It can't handle HD videos. Website owners should put it in their minds that not everyone can afford to have a high speed connection. Some countries are cursed with slow internet.
6.Misleading content- There is a website known as Kpopstars and this website loves writing fake news articles. They will say a cancelled television show have a new season to clickbait fans of that TV show. They will say a movie will have a sequel just to lure the fans of that movie but all of it is nothing but a hoax. I hate this website because they have a good search engine optimization despite of their trash content.
7. Forced app installation- If you surf online using a cellphone or a tablet, You are going to encounter this a lot. Why don't they just make their site mobile friendly instead of forcing people to install an app.
I want to to know your opinion, What makes you want to live a website you just discovered?
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6 responses
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
28 Feb 16
I am happy that Mylot fixed their bugs because many new comers got alienated by them.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
28 Feb 16
I forgot to mention forced music.
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@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
28 Feb 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker Goes without saying - forced anything is a no-no!
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
29 Feb 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker endless graphics and sub-menus and welcome messages before you get to actual text too, and colours that hide the text or links you want are further deterrents
@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
29 Feb 16
I hate forced registration. I am not going to sign up before I see the site. If I haven't seen the categories or the topics I don't know if I am interested in the site, and I don't want to sign up if I only want to read one thread or one article. If I get a message saying that I have to sign up to read the things I am interested in I simply leave.
I had my own forum in the past and I never used forced registration. I think that people should have the chance to see what the site has to offer before they decide if they want to join it or not.
@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
29 Feb 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker Yes, if you spend an hour on a site you are interested in the content. Sometimes I only read one thread or one article before I leave, because I don't find the rest of the site interesting.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
29 Feb 16
I think they can only push forced registration if the person managed to stay on the website more than an hour, that means a person is interested. I really hate it when forced registration is on spot, you are right, we should be given a chance to read contents first.
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
28 Feb 16
You did do get almost all of those on the list. One more that you missed out -
How about those download links that either will take you to some creepy survey form or even ask you to tweet or like their content before you download. I faced this problem on many sites - and despite they said the download is free, technically, it is not - I have to pay them via a like or tweet. And why? If I am downloading some thing for my own personal use, why the heck should I tell the world that I am downloading it?And wait, I havent even downloaded it yet, so how can I be sure if that stuff is worth a tweet or a like?
Oh yes I also do not like those one page sites - which go for such things just to save on their money. I saw one - a store, that was just one page some months back in early 2015. And no, they do not have just 2 or three products, they had about 150 odd products and the page just seemed never to load completely.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
29 Feb 16
Those annoying forced survey sites. It is a waste of time answering those surveys because they just want to get an information of yours. Your phone number, they will sell it to telemarketers.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
29 Feb 16
I really dont know why many sites dont try to make their site mobile friendly.
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@checky99 (224)
• Spain
28 Feb 16
Mainly the annoying adds and their anodyne information and appearence
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
28 Feb 16
Websites that are not mobile compatible are annoying too, I embedded the picture of what a certain website looks like on Android tablets.
