Website usability is all about making the desired actions on your site effortless. There’s always a reason why your website’s performance leaves much to be desired. Ask questions and never be afraid of doubting your irreproachability. Usability is a really disputable topic and most of web designers has personal opinion about it. Here we’ve collected a number of articles and tutorials that are sure to provoke some ideas and hopefully will inspire you to run a few usability experiments.
The Secret Benefit Of Search Engine Optimization: Increased Usability
Editor's Pick in Web Promotion
Website owners should realise that by optimising their site for the search engines, if done correctly, they can also optimise it for their site visitors...
Type : Website Usability
Level : All levels
Added : Mar 10, 2005
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Usability And Listening To Customers Have Limits
Listening to customers and making sure your website is usable are important to website success. It is much more important, however, to have a website that delivers real value both to the organization and the reader. Going for value can sometimes mean going against customer feedback and usability bes...
Type : Website Usability
Level : All levels
Added : Nov 02, 2004
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Is YOUR Website Ready For The Public?
It truly does pain me to see the number of "business" websites out there that just don't belong. If you conduct a search on Alta Vista for "home business tips," I guarantee you you'll see at least six out of the top ten listings that are breaking some of the most important web design rules, an...
Type : Website Usability
Level : Beginner
Added : Nov 24, 2004
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Site Maps Must Be Developed To Reflect The Needs Of Users
Often, the sense of lostness inside a website is because the Internet involves a non-linear network of links. Other websites do not always link to a homepage, creating a large number of undefined paths to specific information. When a user clicks a link into the middle of a site, it can cause diso...
Type : Website Usability
Level : Beginner
Added : Nov 09, 2004
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Mobile Accessibility - Your website in the year 2005
Throughout 2004 the number of web enabled portable devices boomed. By “portable devices" I mean PDAs and smart phones. What does this mean for you? Well it depends whether or not you care about your visitors’ experience - you build your website for visitors so you really should!...
Type : Website Usability
Level : All levels
Added : Mar 08, 2005
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Effective Web Site Usability
The other day I saw this photograph in a magazine which showed a steaming tea cattle, with its handle on the same side as its nozzle [or the mouth, or whatever it is called], with a caption, "A Sadistic Product Design." In the same way, there are sites that are, sometimes it seems, specifically de...
Type : Website Usability
Level : Beginner
Added : Nov 10, 2004
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Do the Write Thing: Spice Up Your Website`s Copy
There are millions of sites that start with "Welcome to our web site." Don`t let your site be one of them! This editorial provides you with tips & resources for writing captivating copy, catching and correcting common grammatical errors and discusses how users read when they`re on the web.
Type : Website Usability
Level : All levels
Added : Oct 25, 2004
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Make Your WebSite User-Friendly
You can create a website that attracts customers, not repels them, with a little common sense advice. Everyone wants an attractive professional looking website. But too often businesses think they need a GLITZY site with all the bells and whistles when what they really need is a functional site t...
Type : Website Usability
Level : Beginner
Added : Nov 22, 2004
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Ten Fatal Mistakes That Make Web Sites Stink
Editor's Pick in Website Usability, April 2005
Creating a website is tough work, not to mention expensive and time consuming. Save your resources by avoiding the 10 common mistakes listed in this article.
Type : Website Usability
Level : All levels
Added : Apr 25, 2005
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Make Your Web Site User-Friendly
Many people have email newsletter as an addition to their web site. They want to retain their visitors by offering them to subscribe to their newsletter. This way they ensure that they will have repeat visits. In order to have more subscriptions to your newsletter people need to be convinced to beco...
Type : Website Usability
Level : Beginner
Added : Nov 11, 2004
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