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Good article! However, I am curious about the research showing that users will leave a website after 3 seconds. Where was this measured? On desktop, or on a lo

Good article! However, I am curious about the research showing that users will leave a website after 3 seconds. Where was this measured? On desktop, or on a low-end/low-bandwidth device? With low-end devices and/or low bandwidth, most websites will load slowly, and my guess is that performance expectations will be different than on desktop.

mwilcox 13y ago
Source (listed on the link in the article): http://www.akamai.com/html/about/press/releases/2010/press_061410.html http://www.akamai.com/html/about/press/releases/2010/press_0... There's an option to download the full study but it requires registering.
- pakitan 13y ago
  That "study" is bullshit. It's actually a survey asking people after how many seconds they will leave the site. I'm now expecting them to find cure for cancer by popular vote.
  - gorkamolero 13y ago
    You're right but let me tell you this: Half of the visits the article got since publishing have bounced off after close to 2 seconds. Coincidence? It´s a shame but I do this too
    - pakitan 13y ago
      > It´s a shame but I do this too You do what too? Conflating correlation with causation? We all do that at one point or another :) Speed is no doubt important but it's only a part of the big picture. The site I'm maintaining has roughly 60% bounce rate. If I'm to take the "study" at face value, that means all of those bounces are due to 3+ sec load time. And if I somehow manage to bring that to 0.1 sec (preferably using Akamai's services), the bounce rate will magically go to 0%. Of course, that doesn't happen in the real world. Btw, great article, thanks for taking the time to write it.
      - gorkamolero 13y ago
        Haha touche
  - nilliams 13y ago
    Totally agree, that study is nonsense, was going to question it myself.
- restlessdesign 13y ago
  The article is nearly four years old and focused only on purchases made through travel websites.
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mwilcox 13y ago

Source (listed on the link in the article): http://www.akamai.com/html/about/press/releases/2010/press_061410.html http://www.akamai.com/html/about/press/releases/2010/press_0... There's an option to download the full study but it requires registering.

pakitan 13y ago
That "study" is bullshit. It's actually a survey asking people after how many seconds they will leave the site. I'm now expecting them to find cure for cancer by popular vote.
- gorkamolero 13y ago
  You're right but let me tell you this: Half of the visits the article got since publishing have bounced off after close to 2 seconds. Coincidence? It´s a shame but I do this too
  - pakitan 13y ago
    > It´s a shame but I do this too You do what too? Conflating correlation with causation? We all do that at one point or another :) Speed is no doubt important but it's only a part of the big picture. The site I'm maintaining has roughly 60% bounce rate. If I'm to take the "study" at face value, that means all of those bounces are due to 3+ sec load time. And if I somehow manage to bring that to 0.1 sec (preferably using Akamai's services), the bounce rate will magically go to 0%. Of course, that doesn't happen in the real world. Btw, great article, thanks for taking the time to write it.
    - gorkamolero 13y ago
      Haha touche
- nilliams 13y ago
  Totally agree, that study is nonsense, was going to question it myself.
restlessdesign 13y ago
The article is nearly four years old and focused only on purchases made through travel websites.

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