Among the 200+ factors that determine how a website does in SEO, content, links, and speed form the three key ones. Conversion rate optimization experiments (A/B tests, split URL testing, personalizations, etc.) can impact each of these. So naturally, if you’ve a high-traffic landing page, you’d be worried about...
Type I and type II errors happen when you erroneously spot winners in your experiments or fail to spot them. With both errors, you end up going with what appears to work or not. And not with the real results. Misinterpreting test results doesn’t just result in misguided optimization...
When it comes to running experiments, optimizers can choose between client-side and server-side testing. While you can run almost every client-side test on the server-side and a few light-weight backend experiments via client-side testing (using split URL or redirect experiments), doing so won’t be as feasible or robust as...
When an optimization agency researched how A/B testing tools impacted a website’s speed, it found lags. While most seemed perceptible to the end users, a few posed potent threats to a website’s user experience (at ~ 4 seconds!). We, too, participated in the analysis — competing head-to-head with the...
When experiments target the right audiences, they get better and more conclusive results. For Ken Hanson, a Convert Experiences user, audience targeting didn’t just get better results, but 50 percent better results. Here’s what happened… Hanson wanted his users to leave reviews for their apartments. He hypothesized an experiment...
When HBR asked for one-word responses to how their complex-solutions purchase processes felt like, thousands of B2B buyers said that it was: “hard,” “awful,” “painful,” “frustrating,” and “minefield.” In another survey of B2B customers, Gartner found 77% of the respondents stating that “their latest purchase was very complex or...
The CRO events lined up this year will arm you with the tools you need to meet and exceed your growth goals and give you an edge over your competitors. They promise to take you from where you are (struggling to send enough and quality leads to your salespeople...
Some web analytics tools excel at giving you a 360-degree analysis of your website’s performance (think: the ubiquitous Google Analytics), while others give you absolute control and ownership of your data (yeah, unlike Google Analytics!). A few let you collect qualitative data. And a select few unleash the power...
Ask any conversion optimizer and they’ll tell you… Many low-hanging optimization opportunities present themselves as user experience and usability issues. For example, it could be a lead struggling to understand what your product or service does or how it’s better than your competitors or another one simply being unable...
In our recent analysis of 28,304 experiments run by Convert customers, we found that only 20% of experiments reach the 95% statistical significance level. Econsultancy also discovered a similar trend in its 2018 optimization report. Two-thirds of its respondents see a “clear and statistically significant winner” in only 30%...
Not all optimizers would know the 168 cognitive biases that tap right into a prospect’s subconscious and act as that final, “converting” touchpoint. But being a neuromarketer first, optimizer Tim Zuidgeest from Unravel Neuromarketing Research knows them. He knows better than most of us how the consumer brain, the...
Looking for a free heatmap tool that delivers? Or need a Hotjar alternative? Or simply need to run an experiment to hit your desired testing velocity — but don’t have another two weeks to collect and analyze heatmaps for hypothesizing? Don’t worry. There’s a heatmap tool that’s just right...