Bad Content Equals Bad Sales

What I like about Jakob Nielsen's posts most is the grumpy-old-man-ness in the underlying tone. It makes me almost think he's family. But along with the why-doesn't-anybody-ever-listen-to-me attitude comes some sage-like advice. This time it's about how bad content trumps other design flaws in terms of what's bad for business.But before that, it's about elevator buttons:   

Google Sites Top Video Property For February

For the month of February Google Sites were again the top U.S. video property with nearly 3.6 billion videos viewed (35.4% share of all videos), gaining 1.1 share points over January according to comScore Video Metrix.U.S. Internet users viewed more than 10 billion videos online during the month, a three percent increase over January and a 66 percent gain over February 2007.

Newspaper Sites Losing Users’ Interest

Visitors to newspaper sites tend to rank above average in terms of wealth, influence, and political awareness, according to the Newspaper Association of America.  There are also more of them than ever before.  Trouble is, they're not that dedicated.