Do you know what’s effective on your website and what’s overkill? Do you know what features and functions your audience responds to and what turns them off? Many websites go overboard. They utilize every bell and whistle available. The goal, presumably, is to provide a great user experience.…
Tag: user experience
By Cathy O’ Connor, from Smashing Magazine – http://bit.ly/1w9c83x
When you browse your favorite website or check the latest version of your product on your device of choice, take a moment to look at it differently. Step back from the screen.…
By Chris Marentis, from Search Engine People Blog – http://bit.ly/1rfmFYT
National and local internet marketing experts agree that excessive bounce rates can kill SEO strategy. More important, elevated bounce rates are often indicative of something much worse. High bounce rates can be a telltale sign that your website needs to be redesigned.…
By Jon Bernbach, from Smashing Magazine – http://bit.ly/1mHWG5F
High school. I won’t lie: I did not have the highest grades in my graduating class. Some classes and lessons were so poorly designed and delivered that I would frequently become frustrated and fatigued and would ultimately shut down.…
By Paula Borowska, from Webdesigner Depot – http://bit.ly/1i3TgMR
User testing doesn’t have to be difficult at all. I’m going to talk about three lean research methods that are neither extensive nor expensive to carry out but will in turn provide you with valuable feedback.…
By Joseph Dickerson, from UX Magazine – http://bit.ly/1lrPtEX
I’ve worked in the UX discipline for over a decade now, and have been on a number of projects both large and small. One of the skills I’ve picked up in that time is pattern recognition, which helps me create personas and to identify trends to design for.…
By Rand Fishkin , from Moz Blog – http://bit.ly/1k8a6tn
In a way, we often treat our websites like our children. No matter how awful they might be, we rationalize their behavior and tell everyone else how wonderful they are. Those blinders can stop marketing efforts before they even begin.…
by Joseph Dickerson from UX Magazine http://bit.ly/1iTymME
As someone who has been in the user experience domain for a long time, I have had lots of conversations with many different executives. Most of the time, these execs knew how to spell “UX,” but they didn’t know much else about it.…