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Crazy Egg (the results)

The results from this page

Well it's been a day already since I reported on Crazy Egg, and the results are in! Shortly after I posted on the 'weblication' that allows you to view 'HotSpots' of user activity - I installed the code on my portfolio site. Since then, I've received nearly a thousand visits, and wanted to show you the results.

Click on the thumbnail (right) to see the results in a bigger image. I'm absolutely blown away by this, it's an amazing tool which enables me to review the content of my sites based on just clicks, instead of click through's (like G's Analytics). I'm also visually able to distinguish where visitors are likely to go after this page, what content is working, and what's not. I know GetClicky does this, but I can actually see this!

Go to CrazyEgg and get a free trial of this. Well worth it!

Update: the CrazyEgg javascript code sygnificantly slows down your page loading time, and may interfere with functionality.

CSS Dropdown Menu

I also wanted to congratulate Johan for coding, then explaining to me his version of a drop-down navigation system - which works without using JavaScript! Great for SEO and the 7% of people with JS disabled.

Crazy Egg!

I've recently returned from a web design meeting in Belgium (beautiful place). In the meeting, our Google expert mentioned 'Crazy Egg'. I nodded (trying to look like I knew what he was on about) - and seeing as there was no WIFI to check out said "Egg"... I committed this random word to memory.

Upon my return to the UK, I Googled Crazy Egg:

CrazyEgg is a web application that you install using JavaScript on your website (much like GetClicky or G's Analytics) - and enables you to view a 'HeatMap' of where visitors have clicked. You can then use this data to analyze a whole bunch of things about your design and demographic.

I've installed this on my personal website and aim to use my findings to justify the importance of designing within a 'safe area' of 998 x 530px. I'll keep you updated!

Barackobama.com

Being a Brit, I have little interest in the US elections... none the less, I found myself in awe at the campaign site of Barack Obama. The website is simply beautiful, both code, technology and design-wise. This guy would get my vote, if not just for the drop-reflection on the YouTube video. The attention to detail is astonishing - but who's responsible for the web design?