Eye-tracking startup EyeTrackShop turned its eyes toward Facebook’s new timeline profile and came up with three observations on how users view it.
As reported by Mashable, EyeTrackShop found that:
- Viewers’ eyes are immediately drawn to the cover image, but they still spend more time looking at the smaller profile picture.
- 63 percent of participants in EyeTrackShop’s trial noticed sponsored stories in the timeline profile, compared with just 43 percent in the old profile.
- Participants spent an average of 2.2 seconds viewing personal information, such as employer and location, in timeline, versus 1.6 percent in the old profile.
Readers: Do you find that your viewing of Facebook timeline profiles mirrors the findings by EyeTrackShop?
Screen shot courtesy of EyeTrackShop and Mashable.
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