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Sunday, November 30, 2008
Incorporating Thumbshots into your search engine is easy. Every aspect of Thumbshots is carried out on the server. Users do not need any special software to view Thumbshots.
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
A research paper from the University of Aix Marseille III in France describes the different factors that can improve the click-through rate of online advertising. The paper describes the positive contribution of targeted ads, increased picture size and the use of attractive image ads in a page.
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
An independent study performed by the University of Calgary (1999) demonstrated the effectiveness of thumbnail screenshots as a web navigational aid.
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
A recent study in 2001 conducted by Microsoft Research explored the contribution of thumbnail images on information retrieval of previously stored web pages using various visual cues.
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
Thumbshots improve user satisfaction by locating the information users want easily and removing the frustrations associated with searching. Studies confirm, thumbshots help reduce failed searches and increase user satisfaction.
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
Every thumbshot is a premium advertising space because the user's attention is directed at the search results and colorful screenshots. Your advertisers can benefit from strong branding opportunities and high conversion. Thumbshot offers a powerful and effective advertising space because users naturally glance at the screenshots when filtering through the results. Studies have shown, users prefer visual over textual cues because humans interpret images faster with less effort than reading text.
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
Search engines are constantly improving their bottom line by improving their search results without compromising their business model and degrading their user satisfaction. From a return on investment perspective, thumbshots enables your organization to increase revenues
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
Vision provides significant source of information and plays major roles in information-seeking tasks. Our brain is trained to filter, distinguish, select and associate images with information with greater efficiency and accuracy than any other forms of input. Thumbshots emphasize visual cues for content retrieval. Our preview technology embeds a tiny screenshot alongside the search results or directory listings will improve the information retrieval process.
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
Studies show humans remember better using visual cues than textual cues. For example, you are more likely to remember a person's face but not the name. Thumbshots help users recall previously visited sites easier because users recognize the site by their distinctive layout, colors and pictures.
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
Thumbshots can visualize foreign sites where text descriptions may not be available due to language barriers. Thumbshots supplement search engines and directories by providing friendly visual feedback
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
Thumbshots can locate ambiguous or abstract searches easily because the content is immediately visible from the preview. Users can easily differentiate between various sites by observing the content of the page.
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
sites like adult web pages can appear in the results page even in seemingly harmless search query because of cloaking techniques employed by webmasters to improve their site popularity. Because pictures never lie,
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
Every site has a distinctive look and feel. For example, you can easily distinguish a commercial site from an amateur site based on the design of the page. Similarly, an online florist will display pictures of flowers and a car reviewer will have pictures of automobiles in the page. These powerful visual cues help users to accurately determine the relevancy of a site and its quality of content.
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