http://blog.zizee.com/2009/12/16/lies-damn-lies-and-statistics/ Growing an internet startup in a gazillion easy steps Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:13:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://blog.zizee.com/2009/12/16/lies-damn-lies-and-statistics/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Jimmy McGrath Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:19:10 +0000 http://blog.zizee.com/?p=138#comment-28 Good spot Cromwell! I wonder if you were to go to wordpress.com on a different day, (or from a different computer), would you see any changes to the button? Perhaps the the colour would change? Or maybe the size? Good spot Cromwell! I wonder if you were to go to wordpress.com on a different day, (or from a different computer), would you see any changes to the button? Perhaps the the colour would change? Or maybe the size?

]]> http://blog.zizee.com/2009/12/16/lies-damn-lies-and-statistics/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Cromwell Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:28:37 +0000 http://blog.zizee.com/?p=138#comment-27 Jimmy, I haven't done any A/B testing myself, but your post has opened my eyes to evidence of it on the web. For instance on www.wordpress.com's front page there is a big orange signup button, looking at the link behind the button you can see "ref=bigassorange". It seems to me that they are testing how many signups they get with various types of button. Jimmy, I haven’t done any A/B testing myself, but your post has opened my eyes to evidence of it on the web. For instance on http://www.wordpress.com’s front page there is a big orange signup button, looking at the link behind the button you can see “ref=bigassorange”. It seems to me that they are testing how many signups they get with various types of button.

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