Judge a Post By the Images
I may be the only one who is guilty of this, but I thought I would write about it anyway and hopefully get feedback from others who are guilty as well.
I use Google Reader for reading feeds, so I’m able to quickly scan each post as they go by. I actually don’t read post titles first. I look at the image to see what the post is about. If the image doesn’t interest me, I move on to the next post. If there aren’t any images or they are too far down, I am forced to scan the title. Images are like a second title for your post, but usually without words.
So, having images in posts can actually be very important, especially if you want me to read them. I do subscribe to a couple blogs that don’t usually use images, but that’s okay if I remember that while reading them.
Posts about products are probably easier to find images for. Screenshots of software and other things are easy, too. But, how do you find an image for something like a thought?
Do you judge a post by the images or lack of?
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Sean on December 8th, 2007
Yes, “thought” posts can be difficult to express in images. Yet, I think some of the best blogs can get away without images.
Chris on January 6th, 2008
At first I was going to deny that images matter… but upon reflection, I think I also tend to judge a post by images as well (assuming there IS an image).
While it’s not a hard and fast rule, I’ll agree that if the image grabs my eye I’m more likely to “lock in” and read the article.
Alisha on January 7th, 2008
There are some blogs that I love reading that don’t always provide images. As long as the posts are well written, images probably won’t make much of a difference.
I will still read posts without images, but when I’m stuck having to scan hundreds of posts in Google Reader because I’ve fallen behind, I do look for images to help me decide if I want to come back and read it.