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If the slowness seen as being a problem for your visitors then why not flip it around? Change their expectations about what flight search is. The search is obv
by underwater 14y ago
If the slowness seen as being a problem for your visitors then why not flip it around? Change their expectations about what flight search is.
The search is obviously going to take a while because your site is so powerful and you're doing things that no one else can. Adioso isn't a dumb search engine that makes you do all the work - it's an automated travel agent that will churn through hundreds of flights and email you with a selection of the very best in a short amount of time. It even understands language like a real travel agent.
- amirmc 14y agoTo add to this, I'd suggest adding an 'email me' option if things are slow on the site. Waiting on a website longer than 20-30s is painful but receiving a well formatted email within 10mins (with the same info) can still feel like magic. It's a stop-gap but could work well in this case.
- digitalengineer 14y agoI'm working on something with the same concept but for a different market. There's no way for me to tap into 3rd party databases (for now). I'm setting it up so the results will be added to your own personal search-page where (only) you can view them after x-time. From there you can choose to view more details and/or close the deal. Not as fast as live-search, but I'm communicating it from the get-go.
- underwater 14y agoEven if you don't take it to this extreme there are simpler changes you could make. The search timers on the result page could instead show a total count of searches performed. Then you're framing it in a positive (look how much work we're doing for you) instead of a negative way (see how much of your time we've wasted).
- nfriedly 14y agoI like this idea!