Feng-GUI: Generates Visual Heatmap For Your Website

Have you ever wondered what your subscribers are seeing when they come to your website or blog? Feng-GUI tries to predict what a human mind would look at within 5 seconds of looking at a web page and generates a visual heatmap. This is the perfect way to tell what your readers are watching and what is grabbing their attention.

You start by browsing for a picture of your website from your computer. This picture should be less than one 1MB and either in jpg. or png. formats. After you have selected the picture of your website, click ‘Heat map.’ This will take a few seconds to load.

visual heatmap

You will then see the same screen shot you uploaded, just with various colors on it. Click (the magnifying glass with the flame) to enlarge the image.

visual heatmap for website

So what do all of these numbers, lines, colors and circles mean?

The number shows the order in which a persons eyes move, with the lines representing that movement. The colors show the quantity of interest. If the color is bright blue, there is minimal interest. If the area if bright red then it is a main focal point. The circles resemble the size of the focal points.

Features:

  • Generates visual heatmap for uploaded images.
  • Save created heat map onto your computer.
  • Ability to zoom and change the opacity of the picture.
  • Helps you find weak and hot spots in your website design.
  • Free, and no need to sign up.
  • Premium accont with more features is also available.
  • Similar tool: CrazyEgg.

Check out Feng-GUI @ www.feng-gui.com (via Ben Lang, by Alex Ainsberg)

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5 Comments Add Comment
2009-10-28 06:26:58
Michelle M

The free version enables you to use the service only once every five hours!

2009-10-28 08:33:19
Alex Ainsberg

Thanks for pointing that out. When testing the site and I didn’t think to test it twice.

2009-10-28 10:51:25

Thanks for using my site as the example. Its a great tool even if the free service is limited.

2009-10-28 19:07:58
Alex Ainsberg

Thanks for showing me the site :)

2009-10-29 23:32:42

Thanks for the cool screenshots!

If you like Fengui and Crazyegg you may find this article from Website Magazine interesting http://bit.ly/32mqlQ

I am affiliated with usertesting.com but the article reviews several usability tools.

Amanda

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