To Slider or not to Slider, that's the question

[byebyebaby]

I use a slider on two of my websites. Mainly because I like the look of a slider, makes a website more active I think?

But I am reading a bit and see a lot of people saying a slider is bad for for instance bounce rate.

What do you all think about using sliders? Better with or without them? I mean for ranking, visitors, bounce rate etc. not how it looks.

 

[tryme1]

Usually, it's better without them, but I think the slider on Heaven4NetEnt works well. If you are using Google Analytics, set up Event Tracking for the links on the slider or take a look at the Overlay report in Analytics to see if people are clicking.

If they are, then it's doing its job. If not: get rid.

 

[pinkytoe]

This piece makes alot of good points.

http://conversionxl.com/dont-use-automatic-image-sliders-or-carousels-ignore-the-fad/

Sadly i read it after having sliders coded on my sites.

 

[Erik]

Your slider on degokhemel slides faster then speedy gonzales

Very intresting read this is pinky ,i might remove my slider also after reading this

 

[byebyebaby]

LOL, Oh then something must be wrong with my slider.... arriba arriba andale

 

[Erik]

hes on speed,lol

 

[Online18Casino]

I have always removed the sliders from any theme I have used.. Unless it is a news type site, where the slider contains breaking news or something.. and your users are likely to click... I don't think it will help much with conversions.

 

[slotplayer]

Why waste that prime real estate?

 

[NDG]

Sliders can work well on certain sites, but I think it's better without them. I visited
a site recently where the sliders moved so fast that after quickly reading the casino ad,
there wasn't enough time to move the mouse to click on it, before a new one appeared.

 

[tryme1]

They're definitely overused and frequently used badly. I guess the question is 'if you didn't have a slider in that space, could you use it for something better?'. Often the answer is 'yes'.

 

[roey]

Personally I like sliders, you can use the same space for multiple things but I think the key is the interval between slides. Slides must be intriguing imo, too long and it may as-well be static & too short and you move on.

 

[slotplayer]

I had similar thing years ago, back then it was called a slideshow, same for 468x60 banners, wrote a js script that stored a bunch of banners in an array and rotated through them. I bet I still have that code somewhere. Of course they were nothing like they have now though with jquery, but as tryme1 said, overused.

 

[BettingMalta]

Interesting topic, my personal idea is that a slider is a good widget in a website but if it will managed properly:
- few slides (3 max)
- at least 3 seconds for each slide
- call-to-action button

 

[nsawins]

I like sliders but they do eat up a bunch of space. I don't think it's bad for SEO, but I do think something static would convert better for the majority of visitors. They do look really great, however, and make the site look really big time if the images are really sharp and clean.

 

[CasinoKev]

I agree, sliders should be MOSTLY avoided. However, the right timing with the right content on the right type of page CAN work. (Mainly for non-conversion news type sites)