There is a balance that needs to be struck between a website that is truly functional and one that is elegant and stylish.
Guidelines to Improve Usability
How you write and design your links is crucial to your visitors clicking them or not. Write them badly and they leave, write them well and they stay.
Improving Weblog Usability
Website usability guru Jakob Nielsen published his top 10 weblog design mistakes, and the list plus his commentary are interesting reading.
Expanding on Usability
Two weeks ago, I used this space to write about the importance of usability in website design. The article was supposed to act as a lead-in to a short series of articles on the basics of search engine optimization and as a gentle suggestion for webmasters concerned with converting visitors into buyers.
Website Usability Leads to Conversions
Known as the web’s Usability Czar, Jakob Nielsen is one of the Internet’s most respected consultants, authors and commentators.
Search Engine Optimization Part of Web Usability
E-businesses invest lots of money in search engine optimization. This is good news as this implies that they realize the value of search engine optimization.
Hacks Increase Google Satellite Maps Usability
A little over a month ago, Google introduced satellite technology, which was acquired from Keyhole, onto their Google Maps service.
Intranets : Strategy First, Usability Second
More and more intranet teams are buying into the need for usability. However, usability is not a strategy, and without a clear strategy, usability can become a pointless, wasteful and counter-productive exercise.
Website Usability Lessons Still To Learn
Via Boing Boing, I came across an interesting report on how people react to advertising when visiting websites. No prizes for guessing the most hated advertising technique – pop-up ads.
The Secret Benefit Of Accessibility Part 1: Increased Usability
Web accessibility has so many benefits that I really do wonder why such a large number of websites have such diabolically bad accessibility. One of the main benefits is increased usability, which according to usability guru, Jakob Nielson, can increase the sales/conversion rate of a website by 100% and traffic by 150%.