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How people view Websites Do you know what is the first thing that your eye is drawn to on a website? And in what pattern do people scan your website? There have been many eyetracking tests on this subject and I'll give you 14 most useful facts you should know. The picture below shows 3 different websites and where people look on them. Red indicates the area, where people looked the most, yellow areas got a bit less eye-action, blue areas got the least views and the gray areas, well, people didn't focus on them at all. As you can see, the more people scroll down, the more they lose focus and start mainly scanning your website. So always try to place the most important information in the top part of your website. Here are the 14 facts you should know on how people view websites: * People start viewing your website from the top left corner. * Readers ignore banners. Surprise, suprise. * Fancy fonts are ignored. * People only scan the lower p