Best Practices for Popups: How to Avoid Annoying Visitors and Increase the Performance of Your Website
Popup windows are a popular way to increase conversions and promote content on a website. However, if not used correctly, they can also be a source of annoyance for visitors and negatively affect website performance.
In this post we talk about some of the best practices for using popups to avoid annoying visitors and increase the performance of your website. Our recommendation is that you use a plugin, such as Nelio Popups, to be able to follow these practices easily and without adding a single line of code when creating popups on your WordPress website.
1. Timing is Key
Timing is everything when it comes to using popups. Make sure popups appear after visitors have had a chance to interact with your content, not immediately upon arrival.
Registration/Log in popup before you can continue reading an article from The New York Times.The popup is displayed when the user has been on the web for some time.