Rated • 3 reviews • web design, user experience • yoast.com
Very detailed and practical advice on how to improve your 404 "Page not found" page for real users. The emphasis is on Wordpress here, but the advice is relevant to all sites.
Rated • 1 review • web design, privacy, web analytics, google analytics • advanced-web-metrics.com
Fascinating article showing how a company who specialise in extremely detailed tracking of people's use of websites are ignoring the restrictions which Google put in place to prevent tracking individuals. I would have expected such a company to be as scrupulous about the subject as Google are.
Rated • 2 reviews • privacy, web analytics • stumbleupon.com
Rated • 3 reviews • web design, customer experience, marketing, ecommerce • getelastic.com
Round up of how various retailers handle the "what now" when someone adds to basket. Read it all the way through to find the good examples near the end.
Rated • 1 review • ecommerce, navigation, optimization, customer experience • internetretailing.net
Summary of useful data on the impact of page load speeds from a Forrester report commissioned by Akamai. It suggests that the target for download times has dropped to 2 seconds from the 4 seconds recorded in 2006.
Rated • 1 review • web design, usability, optimization, customer experience, marketing • websitemagazine.com
Handy all-in one resource listing a great selection of tools for usability testing. Ranges from almost-free to medium budget. Well worth bookmarking.
Rated • 2 reviews • data visualization, web analytics, google analytics • searchengineland.com
Examples of how to use Google Analytics 'visualize' motion charts are rare. This post provides a very detailed explanation and practical advice on how to configure the reports.
Rated • 1 review • marketing, email, email design • lyrishq.com
Good reference material for emails. Very well-illustrated article on how to make your promotional emails work in the preview panel with images off.
Rated • 3 reviews • marketing, ecommerce, email design, email • emailonacid.com
Free service for testing how your emails will be rendered in the main systems. Very slick.
Rated • 1 review • marketing, web analytics, google analytics, ecommerce, optimization, customer experience • tagman.com
White paper on how the placement of web tracking code can impact user-experience as well as the accuracy of traffic reporting. Based on tests on only two sites. Suggests that 1 second extra download time loses 10% of visitors. Placing tracking code in iframe at bottom of page comes out as worst approach.
