Comments on: 9 things you MUST know before you start any conversion rate optimization

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:37:57 +0000

I think the most important part of what you mentioned was patience. It's a long term commitment,and if you're in it for a quick fix, you will almost always fail.

By: Joe Romero

Joe Romero — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:50:37 +0000

Not sure about there ever being "a best time" for optimization. I think it should begin at the beginning and continue for the lifetime of the site.
I also find focusing on one area at a time and tracking works much better as I can see the exact impact the one element makes. A shotgun approach leaves you wondering just what was the component that actually brought the benefits.

By: Belajar Blog

Belajar Blog — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:28:26 +0000

Hi Khalid..

What a nice tips you've shared for us. It's really important for me to run my new blog.

Will be here for more. Thanks.

By: Ari Lestariono

Ari Lestariono — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:12:01 +0000

Great tips and advice on conversions rate, I will use theses parameters to check my progress

By: Metaspring

Metaspring — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:35:00 +0000

That is a pretty amazing statistic: 6% of the people being responsible for 50% of the clicks.

By: Online Internet Faxing

Online Internet Faxing — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:58:19 +0000

I love your point about "Sometimes you have to trust the experts", nothing annoys me more then when a client questions tactics because he read something on Joe Blows blog about SEO. I do have to partially disagree with "Best time to optimize a website is when you are building it", this is the best time to think about it and apply what you think might work but you really can't gauge how conversion optimization is running until you actually have a large enough visitor base.

By: Ilia - SEO

Ilia - SEO — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:42:08 +0000

Too right on optimizing while building. It is a real shame that there are so many beautiful designs out there that don't work or simply don't have any space for ads. Its probably because talented designers don't always understand the marketing part.

By: Cheap Mobile Calls

Cheap Mobile Calls — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:20:44 +0000

Very informative post. It's important not to concentrate on a lot of testing, which is often a point that some companies struggle with. Do your research, but don't over-do your research!

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:44:37 +0000

Great post! #9 is genius… I'd never thought of that. Such a small thing that can have such a major benefit. Often I spend so much time on a project that I can't see the forest for the trees.

Thanks! I'm going to do that from now on.

By: Facundo Corradini

Facundo Corradini — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:48:20 +0000

Hi Khalid, that was an excellent article!

Im CEO at Exito Web, an Argentina based Web Development company.

We are launching our new website on next Monday, and I would like to cite your article (and translate it to Spanish) on our new blog.

Let me now if you could give me your permission to do so, and send me your desired anchor text, company & personal snippet, etc.