Comments on: CrazyEgg Must Be Crazy

by: Matt Details » Blog Archive » Crazyegg Not Crazy

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:42:50 +0000

[…] Regardless of whether an application or website says “Beta” on it, there is usually a common grace period of 30 days (in my opinion) for applications to adjust to their specific users, and to tweak any bugs that they might have. Granted, Crazyegg isnt the most perfect application out there, but it certainly isnt incomplete either. My guess is that they pushed it out, because of such a high demand. Where else do you see an application like this, or at least one so widely advertised? You really don’t. Or maybe I’m ignorant to that fact. But regardless, people shouldn’t be so up to accusing anyone of not having their “Shit together” - Especially when you have a site like that. I’d say tone it down, relax, and be patient. It’s not like they would settle for anything less than perfect, if they wanted to. Just give them some time! Filed in General, Design, Technology Leave a Comment […]

by: Hiten Shah

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:47:36 +0000

Joel, Interesting suggestions, we are working on some of the functionality you are talking about and have been testing something along those lines for awhile, we are just in the process of refining it. Stay tuned!

by: Joel

Sat, 02 Sep 2006 12:04:58 +0000

Hiten, thanks for personally responding. I do like the concept of crazyegg, but here’s an idea…. what about basing a/the heatmap purely on the physical location of the click instead of the item that was clicked? For me, what this would do is allow me to see which areas of a page were hot property in regards to actual usability. If one region of a page never got any clicks, perhaps I could then assume that there is something wrong with the design, visual flow, etc, and that regardless of the reason I should try changing something to use that space more effectively…. OR in the opposite approach, if one region of the page was always a ‘hotspot’ that would obviously be a great place to put CPA type advertising.

by: Hiten Shah

Sat, 02 Sep 2006 05:37:03 +0000

Thanks for trying us out, we are working on that very issue you mentioned but just as a note, the click tracking on some websites will be skewed because of dynamically changing content, such as on the homepage of a blog. I will definately keep you posted on any updates.