{"id":105782,"date":"2017-01-17T15:54:29","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T14:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/?p=105782"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:06:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:06:53","slug":"ab-testing-of-landing-pages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/ab-testing-of-landing-pages\/","title":{"rendered":"A\/B Testing of Landing Pages: Things to Remember"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every owner of a landing page wishes that it would bring sales. If you are one of them, you probably have tons of ideas about the semantics, structure and design for increasing the efficiency of your page. But how can you find out which of the variants would be optimal for generating target conversion? There is only one way to know: <a href=\"https:\/\/landingi.com\/blog\/a-b-testing-step-by-step\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">run an a\/b test of a landing page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to avoid making mistakes in the testing <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e1114fe1459&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e1114fe1459\" class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter wp-image-105783 size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"353\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/318_900.jpg\" alt=\"How to avoid making mistakes in the testing\" class=\"wp-image-105783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/01\/318_900.jpg 520w, https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/01\/318_900-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image source: psychotactics.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So you have run the a\/b test of your landing page. You\u2019ve had many ideas and finally they have been brought to life. You have already spent so much time and effort on testing its various versions and chose the final option, which proved to be generating the major part of online conversions. However, after some time you notice that the sales rate is starting to drop. It is far smaller than it used to be before testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What was your mistake? Most probably, you haven\u2019t taken into the account one of the most important indicators of the landing page efficiency. This indicator is the number of phone orders you have received. Perhaps, you have ignored the best landing variation because you had thought it was generating fewer leads. When in reality, it was so good that clients wanted to call right away.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why you shouldn\u2019t ignore call analytics &nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ideally, a landing page owner would want the website visitors to click the button \u2018purchase\u2019 right away and receive the payment. As a result, 100 orders and not one annoying call. Unsurprisingly, most business owners want to analyse only visitors and buyers with the help of Google Analytics and nothing more. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But it is a giant mistake. By accounting call conversions you can separate target and non-target traffic. If a person has an urge to call, it means that the landing was 100% relevant for the search query. The main goal of the landing page is inducing action, and if there is a phone number on the page, it is illogical to ignore call analysis. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More often than not, landing page looks like this: &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e1114fe17d6&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e1114fe17d6\" class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"538\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/q2DmmaZ-1140x538.png\" alt=\"Why you shouldn\u2019t ignore call analytics\" class=\"wp-image-105784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/01\/q2DmmaZ-1140x538.png 1140w, https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/01\/q2DmmaZ-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/01\/q2DmmaZ-170x80.png 170w, https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/01\/q2DmmaZ-750x354.png 750w, https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/01\/q2DmmaZ.png 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you have noticed, there is phone number on top. Experts say, that having contact number on the landing page helps to gain trust and serves as a useful tool. Seeing a phone number, clients understand the following:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">there is a real telephone number for contacting the company, therefore it is not a scam <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it is possible to call and order right now <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it is possible to check whether a product is in stock<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">there is an opportunity to quickly check all details and make sure that they want to make a purchase <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is an example of a case, that illustrates how having a phone number on the website is helping increase the number of conversions.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from that, there are many businesses that receive a lot of phone calls, even despite the fact that clients can make the purchase online in two clicks. You mustn\u2019t ignore call conversions if your landing page is dedicated to one of the following topics. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">online shops<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">real estate<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">construction materials<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">home services <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">medicine<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">education and trainings<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">automobiles &nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The importance of phone call analytics for landing optimization can be supported by the case. You can assess the capabilities of call tracking for analysis of landing pages with dynamically inserted content. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even if your landing is for another type of business, it is preferable to track phone calls in order to do the testing efficiently. Especially, if you don\u2019t have that many channels for communication with clients, for example \u2014 no offline store. In this case, phone calls would be the only opportunity for them to learn about your product \u2018live\u2019. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The types of calls: now this is important <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You should pay special attention to such metrics as \u2018call uniqueness\u2019. This is not just a whim, it is a part of having full-fledged analytics of your landing page. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The types of calls can vary, and at large they depend on your business type: <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Target &#8211; is a received call with duration longer than prescribed (i.e. during the call there was enough time for having conversation with a client)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First target &#8211; is a call received from a specific number for the first time and which lasted longer than prescribed <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unique &#8211; any first call from a phone number <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unique target call &#8211; first call from a number, with duration longer than prescribed <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Repeat call &#8211; an incoming call with duration longer than prescribed, within the same sale deal. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why is it important to separate those call types? To know which ones are relevant for your business. Let\u2019s consider these examples: <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your landing page was designed for selling sneakers. In this case, you need to pay attention to the metric \u2018Target calls\u2019. Because if you get a repeat call within several months, most probably it would be another order. Therefore, this call should be analysed as target as well. <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your landing page was designed for real estate sales you should use \u2018First target calls\u2019 metric to get intermediate results. Purchases like that are only made once in several years, while closing a deal can take up to 6 months. Repeat sales are very rare in this business. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to test landing page while accounting phone orders? <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now let\u2019s see how you can do a full-fledged a\/b testing with call analytics:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">choose a call tracking service<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">determine the quantity of phone numbers for dynamic insertion, which would be displayed on your landing page<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every visitor of different landing variations will be shown a separate phone number. The script is gathering info about phone number, which was shown to the visitor, source of the call down to the ad keyword, type, duration of the call, phone number of the caller. After the call, virtual PBX will redirect the call to you, integrate this info into a report and send it to Google Analytics.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you test your landing page, all the data on online conversions is directed to Google Analytics. After installing call tracking, you will see there various types of phone call analytical data: type of event such as target and unique call, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You might use an additional opportunity to attract clients by installing a callback widget on your website. During the testing process, you can see how it impacts the increase of target conversions. Quality call tracking services offer callback widget for free, and that is why it is usually integrated in the call analytics system.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e1114fe1cfe&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e1114fe1cfe\" class=\"wp-block-image wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"604\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/image00-1140x604.gif\" alt=\"How to test landing page while accounting phone orders?\" class=\"wp-image-105785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/01\/image00-1140x604.gif 1140w, https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/01\/image00-300x159.gif 300w, https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/01\/image00-750x397.gif 750w, https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/01\/image00-360x192.gif 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What will you get in the end? <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most importantly \u2014 objective results of the a\/b testing. Thanks to the information, received with the help of call tracking, you will be able:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to find out which landing option leads to a larger number of sales <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">track behavioural patterns<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">see the quantifiable representation of your web page efficiency<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">continue experimenting with the landing, tracking constantly how its optimization impacts the users\u2019 activity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overall, you can use call tracking for multiple tasks, apart from a\/b testing. If you decide to use the call tracking reports, you will be able to get deep insights on your website conversions and make constant improvements of your landing page. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Author bio:<br><\/strong>Julia Holovko is the Head of Marketing at Ringostat. She is responsible for all things marketing &#8211; strategy and tactics, growth and lead generation. She is also <span class=\"il\">a<\/span> mobile marketing enthusiast. Follow her on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/julia_holovko\">@julia_holovko<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Run A\/B tests of your landing page and choose the best option. In this article we talk about things one should keep in mind while testing a landing page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4148],"tags":[1319,1321,1313,1315,1323,1318,1320,1322,1316,1317,1307,1309,1310,1312,1311,1308,1306,1314],"class_list":["post-105782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analytics-and-reporting","tag-ab-testing-landing-pages","tag-google","tag-google-landing-page-testing","tag-landing-page-ab-testing-ideas","tag-landing-page-analytics","tag-landing-page-analyzer","tag-landing-page-quality-score-checker","tag-landing-page-test","tag-landing-page-test-adwords","tag-landing-page-test-doubleclick","tag-landing-page-testing-adwords","tag-landing-page-testing-best-practices","tag-landing-page-testing-ideas","tag-landing-page-testing-platform","tag-landing-page-testing-software","tag-landing-page-testing-strategy","tag-landing-page-testing-tools","tag-wordpress-landing-page-ab-testing"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"cf_author_first_name":"Brand24","cf_author_last_name":"Team","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105782"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157803,"href":"https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105782\/revisions\/157803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brand24.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}