Category Archives: Web Usability

Good Store Design Essential to Site Success

Did you ever walk into and out of a store based on its appearance. Merchandise was poorly organized or strewn around; the store was dirty; the staff unkempt… Now look at your web site’s store… Does it bear a closer resemblance to … Continue reading

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Isn’t it Ironic but Misspelled is One of the One Hundred Most Misspelled Words.

Subtitle: Duz gud speling mater? Go figure but, yup, it’s true mispell misspell is one of the most frequently misspelled words along with my personal favorites: occasionally restaurant and privilege For all one hundred, check out: http://yourdictionary.com/library/misspelled.html. As a marketer, … Continue reading

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Don’t Make Me Think – Two Simple Rules for Online Success

I’m rereading a great book on web usability – Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug. If you don’t read beyond the first page of the first chapter but apply the 2 simple rules (one, a footnote) you’ll find there … Continue reading

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Here’s Looking at You, Kid. Eye-tracking Research and Your Website’s Layout

No, this is not the path I took to my car after this month’s Super Bowl party! What it actually represents is a fairly simplistic model of the most common eye-movement pattern of a group of browsers viewing a web … Continue reading

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Writing for the Web; Internet Users Don’t Read, They Scan

I was recently reminded of a study that Jakob Nielsen published several years ago on how browsers view web pages. Nielsen, long considered to be the leading guru of web usability, found that only 16% of visitors read a page … Continue reading

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Your Home Page is Your Storefront; Invite Visitors In

Read the excerpt from the article below and frame its approach to doorways within the context of your own web doorway. Your home page is an 8 second invitation that will either persuade a visitor that you have the answers … Continue reading

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