Re: Websites face four-second cut-off

2006-11-10 Thread Robert Munn
tv is rather important, but does the average person care about the attention span of a viewer during commercials? only wonks take note of this sort of stuff... of course not. On 11/10/06, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i wonder why it is mainstream news now? > > because web sites

Re: Websites face four-second cut-off

2006-11-10 Thread William Bowen
> i wonder why it is mainstream news now? because web sites in the last 10 years have managed to grow to a rather important marketing tool, wy beyond "cool, you've got a web site" to "you're dead if you don't" -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be

Re: Websites face four-second cut-off

2006-11-10 Thread Robert Munn
this is one of those "no sh!t" things that professionals in the field have known for years. i wonder why it is mainstream news now? On 11/9/06, Andrew Grosset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6131668.stm > > -- --- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~

Re: Websites face four-second cut-off

2006-11-10 Thread Andrew Scott
*lol* I have been in web development right back to 1995, and you know that was our motto then I can't believe they are only realising it.. On 11/10/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I call this the "Google Affect". > > On 11/9/06, Andrew Grosset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > http:/

Re: Websites face four-second cut-off

2006-11-10 Thread G Money
I call this the "Google Affect". On 11/9/06, Andrew Grosset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6131668.stm > > ~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-

Websites face four-second cut-off

2006-11-09 Thread Andrew Grosset
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