EyeTrackShop, one of the first companies to track participants eye movements, is redeeming the reputation of men everywhere with their latest research which shows women are actually more likely to zone in on a model’s breasts than men are.
While trying to identify differences in the way men and women view ads, EyeTrackShop came across some interesting findings. The first study showed participants the ad to the right promoting a swim suit from H&M. As you can see in the research below, women’s eyes went first to the breasts, while men’s went straight to the model’s face.
Of course, men’s eyes eventually trailed lower, but they only fixated on the model’s breasts for 1.23 seconds, as opposed to the 2.28 seconds spent on her face. Conversely, women looked first to the breasts, for 1.28 seconds, then to the model’s face for only 1.61 seconds. Interestingly, despite the difference in what grabbed the viewers attention first, both genders eye movements followed the same pattern after that point.
Men’s fixation on model’s faces is proven again in another study which showed both genders an ad promoting running shoes which features a model wearing nothing except the shoes. This time, men and women both fixated first on the model’s face, but men spent 4.18 seconds on the model’s face to women’s 3.01 seconds. However, the men don’t get completely off the hook on this one, as they spent more time than the ladies looking at the model’s butt, and less time looking at the shoes, which were the feature of the ad. (But then again, we didn’t need eye tracking software to tell us that most men aren’t interested in women’s shoes.)
While these findings are revealing, before we completely let the fellas off the hook, its worthy to point out that both of these ads were targeted at women. In both circumstances, women spent less time looking at the women’s face, but more time looking at the product that was being sold to them, whether it was the bikini or the shoes. So, though the men scored points this round, the jury is still out on which gender is truly looking at the ads, and who’s just checking out the babes.
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Posted by Nicole Hall, Account Manager with Mobilize Worldwide. Mobilize Worldwide develops mobile apps, mobile ad campaigns, mobile websites and just about anything else related to mobile marketing for brands interested in growing their sales and revenue using this new and emerging medium.






























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