· 93% of Fortune 500 companies place their logo in the top left corner.
· 27% of logos include a tagline or slogan.
· 63% of companies have content above the fold. Users scroll on the remaining 37% websites to find content.
· 87% of websites have a search field.
· 50% of websites features a scrolling content window of some kind.
· 47% of websites have clear call-to-action buttons on their homepages that take users 3 seconds or less to find.
· Only 11% of Fortune 500 websites have social media links above the fold; 89% below the fold.
· 60% of companies feature latest news and blogposts on their homepages.
· Contact information is hard to find on 63%.
· More than 80% of companies do not have a newsletter signup feature on their homepages.
· More than 70% of Fortune 500 companies use favicon icons.
· Average loading time of a homepage is 6.5 seconds; average size of homepage is 766 Kb.
· Average width of website is 877 pixels.
· Only 3% of websites use Flash to display content throughout the entire homepage.
· 80% of websites primarily use a light background and color scheme.
· 93% of websites have centered-approach navigation.
· 63% of websites use high quality images on their homepages to connect with users.
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