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Avatar Posted By: Winooski 64 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Other Online Marketing
After you read this, you should start understanding that people's explanation for their behavior, including, of course, the search result they've clicked on, is largely an after-the-fact rationalization of a subconscious process.

(On a related note, I was going to leave this story alone, but then, strangely, found myself clicking the "Sphinn" button and typing all this right now... [;-)] )
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from SpostareDuro 64 days ago #
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in the same token, we are not slaves to our subconscious minds. the subconscious mind is at work far before we act/react, yes. is this the 'end all'? of course not. this is where cognitive restructuring can take place to rearrange our preformatted mind sets and programmed thoughts. this is what makes the word 'awareness' so appealing.

from billslawski 64 days ago #
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Ok.  A lot of people click on the first result, most probably because its the first result. :)

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from Winooski 61 days ago #
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Thanks for the Jacob Nielsen link, Bill. He (rightfully) gets the last word in many a design argument.


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