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I've found myself really zeroing in on the first few seconds of a website lately.
Itโs not about fancy animations, the colour scheme, or whether it looks super trendy.
My main question is always: ๐๐๐ง ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ?
If I have to scroll down to get it, thatโs a red flag for me.
That initial section of a homepage really has a lot on its shoulders. It needs to give me enough of a clue about who they serve, what they offer, and why I should even bother sticking around.
Everything else can fill in the blanks later.
That first glimpse just needs to pique my interest enough to make me want to see more.
So yeah, that's a big part of how I judge a homepage.
๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐. ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ฉ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ.
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