I’ve been thinking about this for a while now. Not sure why. It’s just something that popped in my head one day. It’s been sitting here as a draft. I’ve been contemplating fleshing it out, but as best as my brain can see it, there’s not a whole lot to flesh out, so I’m just going to think it out loud and leave you all to come to whatever conclusions you will.
A while back (September of this year, to be precise), I jotted down the following:
Does the order of social media links matter, and how does this affect visitor perceptions?
The idea behind it was that, if someone visited your website, or anywhere else there may be social media links grouped together, would the order the sites were linked make a difference?
For example, if I were to list my social profiles in the following order:
What would be a visitor’s impression? And would it be the same if I listed them this way?:
- Google+
It’s not that the information provided is any different. They would link to the same places, the information on the profiles would be identical.
But would it make a difference? That’s what’s been sitting in the back of my head, festering. And it bugs me.
And frankly, it’s not something that bugs me enough beyond it being an academic exercise. Which is why I’ve never bothered with testing this out in any way. Maybe one day I will. Who knows?
So that’s it. I fell better having thought this out loud. I’m curious what you, dear reader, think about this. Am I on to something? Or am I just making more out of it than I should? Let me know in the comments, or get in touch with me through one of the social media outlets above.
(Thanks for reading! Hope you have an awesome day.)
