In the early days of the internet, most of the information was written. You looked up information and read it. If there was a photo, it caught your eye. People soon began using clip art and other visual effects in their ads, e-mails and websites. It was soon discovered that websites and advertisers who used some form of visual stimulation were attracting more people to their site. This included everyone. Internet communities, such as Facebook began popping up for people to meet and network. These included easy ways that one could download a photo of themselves or friends. It also included ways they could design their pages to make them more attractive.
Which would you rather look at? An attractive, well designed page or a typed written article written in black font on a white background?
- Most people love to be entertained and rather watch a video than read a book.
- Human beings are highly visual and are more attracted to pictures than words.
- People are now spending more time on the internet than watching television.
In the next post I will reveal the 3 highly effective visual methods that is helping websites increase traffic.
Adrian Lee