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Re: Land Book - The best and most inspiring landing pages

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post #11

So. Many. Blurry. Photobackgrounds! They are nice and all, but most of them are almost copy-paste jobs of each other.

Not only that, but I'm not feeling the long scrolling thing. It was relatively unique and cute the first few times I've seen it, but I really would like to see the conversion data for sites that choose to place the sign-up and information 3 virtual miles below the fold.

Re: Land Book - The best and most inspiring landing pages

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post #18

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I moved off that page after half a second. Why? Because its invasive. I had my volume off on my computer because I need silence at this very moment, yet these bastards turn my local computer's volume up. I mute again and the volume turns on again. This is the most blatantly disrespectful practice I have ever been exposed to from an "honest" site. Two things I can't stand: Music. I tend to have my own music in the bac…

It's a penny auction site. I'm not sure I'd call it "honest." You are very likely not their target market. I don't have any inside information, but I'll bet that these tactics work really well on the type of people who are likely to sign up for a penny auction.

Clearly I'm not the target market because I moved off the site so fast that I didn't even see what it was. My attention was on my computer's volume button and the back arrow on my browser.

Re: Land Book - The best and most inspiring landing pages

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They're all aesthetically pleasing, but it'd be nice to see the highest-converting and find out what makes them successful. Some landing pages look like shit but convert like the Spanish Inquisition, so I'd rather base my inspiration on those than a pretty but poor-performing landing page.

Couldn't agree more with the sentiment here. It always blows my mind when I come across what appears to be a terribly designed (and outdated) squeeze page that still goes gangbusters on conversions and avg rev per sale

Re: Land Book - The best and most inspiring landing pages

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https://www.quibids.com/en/landing/ Is a horrible looking landing page, but every single pixel has been A/B tested and it has a great conversion rate. Especially considering the lifeblood of the site is through marketing (as user retention is extremely difficult), an excellent landing page is essential.

I moved off that page after half a second. Why? Because its invasive. I had my volume off on my computer because I need silence at this very moment, yet these bastards turn my local computer's volume up. I mute again and the volume turns on again. This is the most blatantly disrespectful practice I have ever been exposed to from an "honest" site. Two things I can't stand: Music. I tend to have my own music in the bac…

I hate websites that play sound without my permission.

That site look exactly like those paper flyers you get in your home mailbox. Maybe their target market is stay at home moms. Thus the look and feel, and the auto play sound.

Re: Land Book - The best and most inspiring landing pages

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post #11

So. Many. Blurry. Photobackgrounds! They are nice and all, but most of them are almost copy-paste jobs of each other.

Not only that, but I'm not feeling the long scrolling thing. It was relatively unique and cute the first few times I've seen it, but I really would like to see the conversion data for sites that choose to place the sign-up and information 3 virtual miles below the fold.

There are a couple recent-ish case studies where super long landing pages outperformed short ones even for SAAS stuff:

http://www.conversion-rate-experts.com/seomoz-case-study/

Re: Land Book - The best and most inspiring landing pages

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post #11

So. Many. Blurry. Photobackgrounds! They are nice and all, but most of them are almost copy-paste jobs of each other.

Not only that, but I'm not feeling the long scrolling thing. It was relatively unique and cute the first few times I've seen it, but I really would like to see the conversion data for sites that choose to place the sign-up and information 3 virtual miles below the fold.

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