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"Watch the Ad!"

Is there anything that shows how out-of-touch Yahoo better than the idea of wasting 1/3 of the above-the-fold space with something that warns people in advance it is nothing more than an ad?

Call it "Learn More" or something - anything but this. Didn't they A/B test it?

(Or maybe I'm part of the unsuccessful half of an A/B test. Hmm..)




FWIW, Apple's iPad home page features a "Watch the TV Ad" button, although admittedly it's not quite as prominent as this.


Unlike the Axis page, you don't need to watch anything to find out what the product does.

People watch the Apple ads because they think they're "cool" or "interesting", not because they're trying to find out more about the product.


Yep, group B here too. Coincidentally, I clicked on one video and not the other...


Group C

I stared at it, grunted a bit, then went off and made a cup of tea.


I would expect info videos in general to result in a much higher bounce rate, unless they are accompanied by a text-based explanation of what the product is.




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