[...] by Jay Baer Jay Baer looks at possible alternatives and ends up answering his question with a "yes".What Every Blogger Should Know About Design When Buying a Theme by Seth Godin Getting a new design for your blog is both time consuming and expensive. Seth Godin [...]

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Speaking of design, I find myself constantly wanting to visit this site because I like the layout and design. My eyes are pleased when I visit, so I want to return more often here than other blog tips websites.
.-= DanielthePoet´s last blog ..Coming Soon =-.

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[...] What Every Blogger Should Know About Design When Buying a Theme – Blogussion Getting a new design for your blog is both time consuming and expensive. There [...]

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[...] What Every Blogger Should Know About Design When Buying a Theme – Blogussion Getting a new design for your blog is both time consuming and expensive. There [...]

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If you truly tried to convince her and she just won’t budge, I may have said something like, “I’m sorry but I cannot put my name behind something I don’t believe is right, please find another designer.” And if she seems like the type to make trouble, give her some monies back and right it off.

As for tweaking, this is why I’m doing the new blog in a different way from anything seen before.
.-= Dennis Edell´s last blog ..Hello & Welcome To The All New – DennisEdell.com/DirectSalesWebMarketing.com Merged – Direct Sales Coaching Blog! =-.

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[...] Jay Baer looks at possible alternatives and ends up answering his question with a “yes”.What Every Blogger Should Know About Design When Buying a Theme by Seth Godin Getting a new design for your blog is both time consuming and expensive. Seth Godin [...]

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This is an excellent overview of design for a blog. My greatest challenge is getting clients to believe this. Just today I had a client who said I didn’t really “design” her site because she wanted it all patchy colors, and funky fonts, and basically make it busy and fill up all the white space. I’m not sure how to convince clients that their design will drive people away.

I think your eye tracking info is right on. Jakob Nielsen has shown the F-pattern is the way people view sites. And Dennis, your point is a good one — constant tweaking to improve a site is critical to keep moving it in the right direction. It’s unfortunate though that many clients don’t want to pay for that, so they let their sites remain the same for years.

Great post! Thanks!
.-= Bonnie Landau´s last blog ..Web Design 101: Please Don’t Squish the Type! =-.

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I may be unique; the very first thing I make sure of when searching for a custom theme designer is making sure they can handle a true pain in the ass. LOL. Although I laugh, I’m most serious…If I am paying you, you will do as I say; in return, you will get the money you ask for, if not a little more ’cause I’m just an awesome guy like that.

OK perhaps a slight exaggeration on my ogreness, lol, but you get the gist. I WILL be back again and again for tweaks, whether large or small.
.-= Dennis Edell´s last blog ..The Time Has Come. The Deal Is Done. It’s Time To Move!! =-.

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The eye tracking part of your article is interesting. However, I think there is one more factor in the case of the theme which is on your screenshot. When people look at the place with your conversion tools it may cause similar effect like looking on the banner (maybe others react in other way, but it is my experience). They may simply ignore the part asking for their email. Why? Because they came to learn something and they are looking for the information in your blog post. They have no reason to sign up for the weblog updates because they know nothing about your blog at the time when they see the box. When they finish reading the article it is the right time to ask them to subscribe in my opinion. But they are in to bottom of the page and don’t see the box. So I guess it is important to serve all page elements to the visitors in the right time.

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Great concerts and ideas. Supporting your article, your readers can also use our new product (under limited released for January and February) the PicNet Mouse Eye Tracking service. A SaaS solution that is provided free of charge to those who need to understand users behavior on your pages/site, including eye tracking (via mouse movement correlation) and page navigation. Suggest people try it on http://www.PicNet.com.au -> Products section.

We have piloted it with our blogs achieving great results.
Marco

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