Release Date: January 10, 2012
Teaser:
90 Percent of Consumers Will Leave a Website If They Forget Their User Name and Password
Portland, OR, January 10, 2012 – Janrain today released findings from their second Social Identity study conducted by Blue Research, showing that consumer frustration at being asked to register on a website continues to grow and almost eight in ten people want social login to be offered as an alternative. Janrain commissioned Blue Research for the study, which was conducted among a nationwide cross section of more than 600 consumers. The research shows that marketers have a clear opportunity to increase conversion rates and online engagement by replacing traditional registration with social login. 86% of consumers are bothered by registering at a website and almost nine in ten will give false information or leave forms incomplete when creating a new account. Both of these results represent significant increases since the survey was first conducted in 2010.
The findings indicate that consumers increasingly believe social login, the ability to sign-in to a website using an existing online identity from providers like Facebook, Google and Twitter is a desirable alternative. More than three-quarters (77%) of respondents, up from two-thirds in 2010, think websites should offer social login, instead of requiring the creation of a new account through a traditional registration process. Consumer interest in social login also has a direct impact on brand affinity and purchase behavior, as fans of the service are more likely to both influence and be influenced by comments about a product or service from friends in their social graph.
Additional questions in the recent survey were designed to uncover consumer’s attitudes about personalization and the concept of sharing data in exchange for a better user experience.
“The findings of the survey show that social login continues to dramatically increase in favor among consumers as they realize the benefits of using an existing identity in order to bypass the traditional online registration process,” said Paul Abel, Ph.D., Managing Partner, Blue Research. ”Failing to offer social login is a missed opportunity for businesses to improve ROI of online properties, as fans of the service are more likely to register on the site, influence their friends through social networks and more likely to return to a site that offers them a personalized experience.”
Detailed findings include the following:
Resistance to Traditional Registration Processes
Irrelevant Targeting by Brands
Increased Brand Affinity in Fans of Social Login
A copy of the full research is available on the Janrain website: http://www.janrain.com/consumer-research-social-login.
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Methodology
Custom designed online survey completed by 619 respondents. Respondents were carefully screened to ensure each is social media active and has purchased a product or service online and/or read articles or watched videos online from major media outlets in the past 30 days. Respondents were recruited via email from a nationally representative panel and given a one-time password protected access to the survey. The questionnaire was composed primarily of close-ended questions; median time to complete the survey was approximately 12 minutes. Quality controls were in place to remove ‘speedsters’ and ‘flat-liners’ from data analysis. As a result three data points were eliminated for a sample size of 616. The data collection period was October 3 through October 9, 2011. Blue Research (www.blue-research.com) designed the survey, managed the data collection process, conducted the analysis and created the research report.
About Janrain
Janrain helps organizations succeed on the social web with its user management platform, a solution to improve user acquisition and engagement. With Janrain, you learn more about your users when they login or sign up with an existing identity on a social network such as Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter. Then you can store that social profile data and use the information to launch more targeted campaigns or serve more relevant content. Additional components for sharing, invite friends, and gamification bring more users to your site and reward brand advocates. Janrain customers include leading brands such as Universal Music Group, MTV Networks, AMC Networks, Ning, Kodak, NPR, Sears and Citysearch. Founded in 2005, Janrain is based in Portland, Oregon. For more information, please call 1-888-563-3082 or visit www.janrain.com.
Media Contact
Jenny Davis, Dotted Line Communications
Jenny@DottedLineComm.com
925-935-2558
About Blue Research
Blue Research provides proprietary information businesses use to better understand their markets, develop compelling products and services as well as capture and maintain market share . Blue uses state-of-the-art market research techniques to create reports that drive action throughout the organization. Blue Research specializes in technology markets worldwide and is a preferred market research consultancy for some of the largest technology brands and upcoming innovators. For more information, to review testimonials or case studies, please visit blue-research.com. Paul Abel, Ph.D. can be contacted at paul.abel@blue-research.com or 1-888-780-BLUE.
