Comments on: Yahoo’s Time on Homepage Up 20% Since Redesign

By: Heidi

Heidi — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:39:15 +0000

I personally am spending less time on yahoo and am looking for a new homepage. I really don’t like the new version. Takes too long to get to where I want to go. yuck

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:55:09 +0000

By the way, I would be very skeptical of Yahoo’s “poll.” If you look on their blog when they announced the homepage, almost EVERY SINGLE COMMENT is negative. Out of 1,187 comments, I think I found maybe 10 that were positive. Don’t tell me that 75% of users like it. I will not accept Yahoo’s obviously biased poll. Even if it is correct, 75% is a pretty low satisfaction rate. I’m willing to put money that at least 90% of users were happy with the old homepage before the new one rolled around.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:48:42 +0000

Um, the reason more time is spent on the site is because no one can figure anything out. This proves nothing about the new homepage. If anything it proves how bad it is, because the homepage is supposed to be designed as a “hub” page for the rest of the Internet. You’re not supposed to spend inordinate amounts of time on it. Most I do on the homepage is check my mail and maybe click on a news article if it’s interesting. Other than that, I spend very little time on the homepage. With the new one, it takes forever to load, I can’t find anything because it’s so disorganized, and it takes longer to log in to my mail. That’s why it’s gone up 20% Not because people like to sit and stare at a homepage, but because no one can figure out how to work it.

By: Michael Martinez

Michael Martinez — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:04:25 +0000

Someone should do a study to see if that extra time spent on the home page is because there are fewer Yahoo! services to choose from. .-= Michael Martinez´s last blog ..Will Search Engines Ignore My Site? =-.

By: dean

dean — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:56:54 +0000

I can’t stand it!