September 10, 2010

How Do You Know Which Eye Tracking Metrics To Use?

Confusion

As we’ve mentioned before, eye tracking comes at a price – often a high price. Cost prohibitive eye tracking solutions for usability have made for a lot of legitimate questions asking if eye tracking is truly worth it. But let’s assume you’ve bought into the idea that eye tracking is useful, and by some means, be it private or public funding, equipment donation, or cheaper alternatives like DIY eye tracking, you have an eye tracker to work with.A recent post touches on the immense amount … [Read more...]

Mastering Eye Tracking Web Usability Metrics

No doubt that by now you’ve read much of the debate about eye tracking for usability studies, whether it’s effective, whether it’s affordable, whether or not it actually works. Some say that eye fixations don’t necessarily translate to attention or even understanding of a website’s layout. Then of course, there are supporters of eye tracking, some saying it’s entirely useful and others that argue for it’s use as a more supplementary tool, to be used in collaboration with other, more … [Read more...]

Neuromarketing Eye Tracking Helps Campbell’s Soup Get a Makeover

Neuromarketing Eye Tracking Helps Campbell’s Soup Get a Makeover

After decades of producing America’s favorite soup, Campbell’s Soup Co. is ready for a makeover. Although the condensed soups generate more than $1 billion in sales, Campbell’s is investigating ways to generate a 2% increase in sales without raising prices. How is it going to do accomplish this? The Wall Street Journal published an article covering Campbell’s’ strategy to revamp its product labeling by conducting research using neuromarketing, a relatively new approach to market research … [Read more...]

Eye Tracking Looks at How We Rely on Google for Answers

Eye Tracking Google

The Internet has changed the way we seek information. Up until the last couple decades, information was found in books or in the minds of those more knowledgeable about a subject than ourselves. But today, if you have a question, you just “Google it.” The seemingly all-knowing Google (or Yahoo, MSN, Bing, etc.) is where we go for answers. When you type a query and click the search button, a list of results appears and it is assumed that those on the top of the list are the most relevant. Search … [Read more...]

Eye Tracking Update Podcast 2

IntroHi,  I'm Joel Bower and welcome to our podcast here at EyeTrackingUpdate.com, ETU's 2weeks in Review brought to you by Eye Com Corporation. Each show we will take a quick look at some of the most popular articles on Eyetrackingupdate.com, from the last few weeks.What we are CoveringToday, we are going to cover a three-part article from February. The Articles are "The Latest in Eye Tracking Web Usability Research pt 1,  2 and 3" These article gave us a summary of a large … [Read more...]