Usability

Building Personas for Conversion Rates and Usability

One of the most important steps to improving your conversion rates and usability is understanding what motivates your customers. If…

17 years ago

Writing user test reports: Should you include performance statistics?

Let's say you've just finished conducting traditional (moderated, one-on-one) user tests on a website. Naturally, you have noted whether or…

17 years ago

How to make your website's visitors feel stupid

I was at a friend's place for a pot-luck dinner last weekend. We were all hanging around in the kitchen…

17 years ago

Scientific Advertising: Thanks to Google Website Optimizer, it's a reality at last!

My background is in advertising. Many years ago, I read the classic book by Claude Hopkins, Scientific Advertising. The crux…

17 years ago

Web Analytics + User Testing: "What" plus "Why" equals Actionable Insight

Our newest offering, HippoTango, is all about service integration. The theory is that when each service works with and supports…

17 years ago

A/B and Multivariate Test tips

It goes without saying that when you want to make a change to your website, that it is a great…

17 years ago

Seth Godin's "Big Red Fez" still an engaging look at web usability

I was recently handed a copy of Seth Godin's book, The Big Red Fez: How to Make Any Web Site…

17 years ago

Target lawsuit: Websites must be accessible to blind

Attention Ecommerce site owners! A U.S. District Court ruled yesterday that: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to the…

17 years ago

Eye-tracking data: What does it mean??

I had an interesting discussion with a colleague today. We had both read a recent eye-tracking study published by a…

17 years ago

User preference vs performance: Whats more important?

Studies show that web users don't always prefer things that work better. For example:Users tend to prefer icon-based interfaces, even…

17 years ago

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