LiveActor for Website.

[Scott Paul]

I installed a live actor video on my website. I like it but I was curious as to what other people thought. I have two actually. One for my services and one on the homepage for product sales:

Deck Restoration Michigan

Wood Deck Restoration Supplies

[CarolinaProWash]

That is COOL Scott! I want one!! Will you pm me the details

[soapwarehouse]

Scott,

They are nice but the one on your service site froze up quite a lot and the sound started and stopped as well. The one on the sales site did much better. The video did freeze occasionally but the audio continued and the video would catch up.

Hope it keeps folks on your site. Let everyone know how your numbers improve (hits, time on page etc.) with her on them.

[PressurePros]

I did get it to finally load and it worked flawlessly but I have a ton of processing power and a very fast connection.

[Scott Paul]

Scott,

They are nice but the one on your service site froze up quite a lot and the sound started and stopped as well. The one on the sales site did much better. The video did freeze occasionally but the audio continued and the video would catch up.

Hope it keeps folks on your site. Let everyone know how your numbers improve (hits, time on page etc.) with her on them.

Thanks for the feedback. It has all to do with connection speed with the playback quality.

[PressurePros]

Scott, my fear with stuff like that is that is alienates slower connected/older computer users. Someone needs to write a script that does a quick connection test then routes users to the proper server side (graphic light, script heavy, etc)

[Ron Musgraves]

I counldnt see it.

[Scott Paul]

Scott, my fear with stuff like that is that is alienates slower connected/older computer users. Someone needs to write a script that does a quick connection test then routes users to the proper server side (graphic light, script heavy, etc)

I agree but honestly my site is so feature rich it will have issues with anyone who has a 56k modem. It will not matter if the video is there or not. Joomla is a great platform but it is not the fastest.

[PressurePros]

The thing about technology moving so fast is that a DSL connection and a Pent4 with a gig or under of RAM is now the dinosaur that cannot keep up with the web. I agree with you about Joomla. Some Joomla sites take forever to load, especially in Internet Explorer.

[DCOX007]

I agree but honestly my site is so feature rich it will have issues with anyone who has a 56k modem. It will not matter if the video is there or not. Joomla is a great platform but it is not the fastest.

What template are you using? Some are faster than others

[Scott Paul]

What template are you using? Some are faster than others

Terran Tribune. Considered one of the fastest from rockettheme.com

[MichiganPowerWashing.com]

Lady froze many times ... I have super fast internet and pc . I think problem is with server or with "live person" software.

I think it's a great idea for a website , BUT I hate when something starts playing or talking automatically when I get to the website.

Most big portals starts videos or adds with sound off by default - giving you a choice to listen to it or not.
All of "live person" gadgets are very annoying and ServiceMagic should get #1 prize for the most annoying and biggest one.

I installed a live actor video on my website. I like it but I was curious as to what other people thought. I have two actually. One for my services and one on the homepage for product sales:

Deck Restoration Michigan

Wood Deck Restoration Supplies

[Ron Musgraves]

I saw it that time, Paul please email me that or PM. thats very cool

[Beth n Rod]

Have never been a fan of ANY talking web site stuff....many users see them and leave the sites...just an FYI.

Beth

[Paul Kassander]

Pretty cool Scott.
What kid of cost range does that service run?