Did you know that you can actually see… and record… every single move visitors make on your webpage?
You can see what they see, you can see what they click on, you can see what they read, what section of the page they stay on longer, where they went to from there, and so on.
But why would you or anybody want to know all this?
It’s simple — if run allow your visitors wander aimlessly on your webpage, you’ll never accomplish the goals you set for your website or yourself.
The basic idea of having a direct response website is to make them perform the action YOU desire.
And that’s what these new site recording tools can help you do.
Simply put, what these new tools do is they record your visitors’ movements and actions on your webpage, and save it as a video.
You can then view these videos later, analyze the problem and make the necessary changes that will correct this problem.
Now, I’ve been testing two different such tools on my own websites and that of my clients.
One of them is RobotReplay.
Robotreplay is a simple, free, no-frills site recording tool. You can record any number of domains and can have unlimited recordings.
It simply records the video and that’s it. It hasn’t got too many other functions.
However, the basic advantage with this is it doesn’t slow down the page loading time.
The second one is Clicktale.
Clicktale is more complex than Robotreplay and consists of a lot more features and functions.
However, the free version allows only 100 recordings per week and you can record the activity on only one domain.
You can view the videos at 5x and 10x speeds and save time. And it has a lot of other functions like heat maps, link analytics, form analytics, etc.
But what I’ve personally observed is that the Clicktale script tends to increase the webpage loading time significantly as compared to RobotReplay.
So hopefully this information can help you decide which one would be better for you.
Best,
Dean Dhuli.
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