Intended to encourage people to explore your website, do they deter users from sticking around? http://www.theopinionaggregator.com/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:31:23 http://www.theopinionaggregator.com/topics/view/should_my_website_have_a_splash_page#opinion-74e45a3aaa30fbe2913d2cb42b9a5646 Many splash screens are graphically rich to entice users to explore the site. Unfortunately, splash pages decrease credibility, traffic, search engine rankings, and web site performance.

]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:52:01 http://www.theopinionaggregator.com/topics/view/should_my_website_have_a_splash_page#opinion-fe7de6c16ea281012756447e101652f1 Splash pages can also exist between pages on the same site. Clients love to request them and these are the arguments I use to shoot them down…

]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:53:29 http://www.theopinionaggregator.com/topics/view/should_my_website_have_a_splash_page#opinion-3479c5fe10e7f0a49c0b7990a038a1dc But this kind of index pages have more cons than pros, I’ll try and explain them and maybe you will find that you don’t need any splash page.

]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:56:41 http://www.theopinionaggregator.com/topics/view/should_my_website_have_a_splash_page#opinion-bf7553546abf21df0bfb6c06250973df What is a Splash Page and Should You Use One

]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:58:01 http://www.theopinionaggregator.com/topics/view/should_my_website_have_a_splash_page#opinion-6fd86aace4a235344758827c6658b26c Close your eyes and imagine using a design technique for your Web site that increases page load time, encourages people to leave the site, confuses search engines, and discourages repeat visitors. Did you imagine a splash page? You should have.

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