People see what they want to see online
People can recognise words on web sites without reading them. It is all because of the priming effect of the desire to find those words.
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Please sit back to read this! Distance affects your buying decisions
Sitting back further from the screen can help your potential customers make the right decision to buy from you. Physical distance changes buying decisions.
Bedtime Social Networking Causes Sleep Deprivation Epidemic
Millions of Britons are losing valuable sleep each night because they are addicted to social networking according to findings from a new sleep report. Gone are the days when Britons liked nothing better then to be tucked up in bed with a mug of cocoa and a good book. In …
How to boost your blog with Google Calendar
Google Calendar can help your blogging by allowing you to plan ahead the topics you want to cover. The reminder features also mean you can get prompted when to write your blog post.
Proof: Internet Addiction DOES exist
How much time is too much online? Like many things, people can become addicted to the Internet, though psychological diagnosis manuals still refer to Internet Addiction as an “impulse control disorder“, which means that as yet there is insufficient evidence to truly confirm that “Internet Addiction Disorder” (IAD) is a …
How to beat online distractions
For a moment, just focus…! Ignore those links on the right hand side of the page. Resist the temptation to sign up for my weekly newsletter. Shut your eyes to the other tabs and windows open on your screen. Instead, for a moment or two – concentrate. There that was …
Do not make your customers think
One thing we know about the former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is that he did not allow “his people” to think. They were extensively controlled – and still are with public wailing demanded by the military dictators. It shows that you can rule by fear. But it also shows …
Look at online companies that fail to help you succeed on the internet
London’s Mayor, Boris Johnson, was in Battersea the other day “bigging up” the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station, that iconic landmark which many people only know from the front cover of Pink Floyd‘s album, Animals. Sadly, rather unlike the long-running success of the rock group’s music, the plans for the …
Novel way to understand your online customers
The Archbishop of Canterbury has added his voice to a growing campaign which is urging the Government to alter its plans on welfare reform. Behind their argument is the notion that the Government simply does not understand the plight of the millions of people trapped in relative poverty. We’ve heard …
Why your website should not have different sections
Earlier today I got up from my desk, walked into the kitchen and then couldn’t remember why I had gone there in the first place. You might think I am losing my marbles. But I suspect you may well have done something very similar today. All of us experience the …
Online, the message matters most
Today you have a test. Find something that really, truly interests you and start reading it online. Follow the links and continue reading. Simple. Now look at the address of the website you reach at the end. You could well find it is entirely different to the one you started …
Your website buyers need something to choose
Muslim men in the UK are increasingly deciding to have more than one wife, according to a study performed by the BBC Asian Network. Religious rules allow Muslim men to have up to four wives, though under British law, they are only legally allowed one; the other wives are arranged …
Five Psychological Tips for Websites
Getting people to engage with your website and to click on anything is an ever increasing problem. The number of available web pages is rising dramatically – 40 new websites are created every single minute of each day. And together with the existing websites (all 260 million of them) Google …
Google affects your memory
Rupert Murdoch faces the British Parliament today in a bid to save his reputation. But probably, some of his answers will be of the “I don’t remember” variety. Indeed, the police officers who were quizzed a week ago seemed to have several memory lapses. Amazing how your memory disappears just …
Brain Host Celebrates Memorial Day with $1/Month Web Hosting Promotion
Web hosting company Brain Host honors American soldiers with special $1 per month hosting for 12 months for new customers. Brain Host, an industry leader in the web hosting arena, has launched a special promotion in honor of Memorial Day. New customers can now get 12 months of web hosting …