{"id":5432,"date":"2012-02-27T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=5432"},"modified":"2012-02-27T06:00:31","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T14:00:31","slug":"internet-shocker-how-split-testing-ads-hurts-your-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/internet-shocker-how-split-testing-ads-hurts-your-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Shocker! 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They run one test once and then they go, &#8216;We tested&#8230;and this big yellow frickin&#8217; button is the best-performing button out of all the buttons we tested.&#8217; The reality is they don&#8217;t even understand the basic thing about the way they&#8217;re measuring the split test. They don&#8217;t understand the statistics behind it. 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