How long is a millisecond? – 1/1000th of a second! You have 50 of those to make a good first impression on your visitors or fellow bloggers according to Gitte Lindgaard et al (Attention web designers: you have 50 milliseconds to make a good first impression. Behaviour and information technology. 25(2), 115 – 126). What can a reader take in in 50 milliseconds? The visual design of your blog makes all the difference! Fitcher recommends that you take advantage of the free templates available to bloggers:
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83 Beautiful WordPress Themes You (Probably) Haven’t Seen at http://tinyurl.com/35bumy
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The Style Archive (Moveable Type) at www.thestylearchive.com
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Blogger Templates at http://blogger-templates.blogspot.com
These popular blogging platforms are recommended by Fitcher (Top tips to build a blog readership. Intranetlibrarian. 31(5), 50 – 53). Are there any other sites that you would recommend to someone who has to make a split second first impression on their readers?
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