How do you feel when you visit a website that has music playing in the background? I've heard from a couple of places music playing in the background on websites is a no no ... (except if your line of work is music)...so I took my music off my website...but still wanted to know what you the consumer thinks....I am also running a similar poll on Facebook
I was talking with one of my business partners (different business) about this & she hadn't heard it before the lunch session the other day. Thanks for all your help...
Also please feel free to share why you feel one way or the other.
Thanks
I HATE it when music plays in the background. I'm usually playing music when I surf the web and I hate when it mixs together...
Either that or I'm at work and everyone knows I'm not working when music starts blasting from a website I just clicked on
I'm not a fan of it because it is sometimes too loud and startles me out of my own little world (sometimes someone has cranked the volume on my computer).
If I'm reading the information the music can be annoying. Rarely the music goes well with the site.
I do love the mute button on my computer, so if a person wants music on their site it's their business.
JMO
Michele
i hate it. Unless i really need something off of that site, i'll pretty much click off and leave instead of trying to find out how to silence it (and i have a mute button on my keyboard)
Hate it. I like it quiet when I read. If I want music, I will put some on, thank you for asking.
i hate it. Unless i really need something off of that site, i'll pretty much click off and leave instead of trying to find out how to silence it (and i have a mute button on my keyboard)
I do exactly the same thing. Actually I will do the same thing if there is any kind of flash pop ups.
I chose, doesnt bother me one way or another, as i dont have the sound on because i have 4 kids and an annoying husband so i cant hear myself think anyway I only turn the sound on if i intend to listen to something
I hate it! it drives me crazy bc I listen to sports radio all day when I'm home and when I suddenly hear music (when surfing the net) it gets on my nerves bc I have to, or, turn of the radio or more often than not I change the site I'm looking at. It's very, very annoying.
hate, Hate, HATE music on websites. I find it just as much an intrusion as telemarketers and door-to-door salespeople. And, I have NEVER come across a site where the music enhanced the experience of visiting the website. So if it doesn't serve a valuable purpose, leave it off.
Super hate music, but there's one thing even more annoying; the little stuff that follows your mouse cursor around! Grrrrrrrrrr!
Unless you're a musical artist and this is your music website.
Otherwise, NO MUSIC, PLEASE!
Not only is it annoying, but I never like the type of music that is playing..and it always takes me by surprise because my speaker is usually up loud from listening to Pandora
Like others have said, I'll just leave the website rather than looking for the mute button. Faster, and the sooner I make it stop the better.
Especially when I'm surfing at work....
Hate it. Hate it so much that my sound is muted as a default and I un-mute when I want to hear something specific (such as a youtube video).
Absolutely hate it! Half the time it scares the bejeebers out of me, and the other half of the time it's music I don't want to listen to. Please just let me read in peace and quiet!
omg!i just visited this cake site recently & music was playing..couldn't turn it off..the first few mins., it was ok, but same music was played the whole time, it was already getting annoying
I chose "other" because my computer is muted ALL of the time. I only activate the sound when I want it/need it.
Rae
I had to add my vote for don't like it; I'm one of the people who immediately leave the site (FYI, I also immediately leave if I have to "click here to enter" a site...I already clicked on your site during my search!). In addition to the distraction, music style is such a personal preference. What you like may set someone else's teeth on edge. I've been known to leave stores that are playing music I hate or even playing music I like too loudly.
Thanks everyone... I was reading an article of the 10 top things not to do on your website....I read it really fast & there were two things it mentioned that I was doing. 1- flash intro (even though it was the kind that pop for a second & then went straight to the page) 2- music (it was mellow music but music none-the-less) I went to a luncheon & one of the speakers mentioned musics again. So that's why I did this poll...
By the way I took the flash into & the music off. before I did the poll...however, I wanted to share the info with a couple of different business owners & one of them has to have proof ....so I would say this is proof enough...
Thanks again
Hate it! Whenever my husband or his other computer business friends do website they talk everyone out of music. Fastest way to drive someone away from your site.
I also hate music on websites. I generally have my volume down low though, but sometimes the music startles me awake from my little world too if I haven't lowered the volume from when I was listening to something interesting.
I was reading an article of the 10 top things not to do on your website....
What were the other 8 things? Would love to know!
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