Not long ago I visited a website selling yurts and teepees and was immediately drawn to their photo slideshow located in the upper center of the home page. To learn more, I needed to scroll down to the content or locate a link to follow a task. Typically, the mere sight of Flash provokes a “warning, warning Will Robinson” like feeling in me because of past experiences with it. In this case, however, the product...
Posts Tagged ‘Usability’
Web Design Mistakes And SEO
No matter what your target keywords are, there are likely to be millions of other web pages competing for the top 10 spots in the search engine ranking pages (SERPs). An SEO campaign will level the playing field and give you a better chance of appearing for the desired phrases but, it won’t offer a miracle cure if your site’s design makes it difficult for the search engine spiders to accurately read page content. Although...
Usability Professionals' Association
Title: Usability Professionals’ Association Location: Portland, OR Visit Conference: Click here Description: “Whether people are interacting with consumer electronics, medical equipment, factory floor production lines, websites, retail stores, customer support or the architectural spaces which they inhabit every day, usability and user experience reactivation share in the common goal of making it better. Early registration opens February 23.” Date: June 8 to June 12,… To continue reading, subscribe now.Already a premium subscriber? Log in or...
Editor’s Picks: February 9-13, 2009
Below are some of the search marketing resources you might have missed this week. I’ve tried to avoid the most popular sites since it’s likely you’ve already seen much of what was posted there this week. Enjoy.
(Possibly) The Greatest SEO Mistake Ever
SEO is a lot like life. You learn a lot as you go along and make a few mistakes along the way. Mistakes we make in life shape our path for years to come. The same is true of the optimization tactics we employ and their power to change the where, when and how a site is listed. Possibly one of the greatest mistakes made SEO wise is forgetting that the focus when optimizing a...
