Re:Land Book - The best and most inspiring landing pages
by WillyF on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @12:26PM
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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.
Re:Land Book - The best and most inspiring landing pages
by dizzystar on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @12:57PM
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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
by Tloewald on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @12:26PM
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And the site looks like a giant scam too — the supposed live auctions are rotating animations, and the bid buttons turn into register buttons when clicked. I know plenty of scam sites have great tricks to increase conversions but that's not where i'd look for inspiration if i were trying to create a landing page for a real and legitimate business.
Re:Land Book - The best and most inspiring landing pages
by dear on Wednesday January 16, 2013 @01:02PM
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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.
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 background. If I really need to listen to the website, I will turn on the volume myself.
My Desktop is MY DESKTOP. I did not give this website permission to turn on the volume on MY DESKTOP! I don't care how honest your company is, this makes you look like a virus, and if you aren't pushing viruses, I can't think of a more clear and blatant disrespect to the users than this. Did they ever think that someone has a sleeping person / baby nearby? Maybe the person is at a library. Regardless if the person has any good reason, DON'T TURN ON MY DESKTOP VOLUME.