‘Usability’ Category Archive

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Excerpt: It is reported in the Yahoo blog, that a survey found that 85% of people need help with searches. To answer this problem, Yahoo introduced Yahoo Assist in 2007, which became global in March 2008.  For those that haven’t used it, it is simply a means of suggesting searches related to what you are currently typing. As shown below: I am trying to use Yahoo on a more regular basis so that I spread my searches over more than one search engine. I would advise anyone else to do the same just to get a feeling for the major search engines…

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Excerpt: Search engine optimised layouts using CSS can make the content the first thing the search engines see in your source code while presenting more visually appealing content to your visitors. CSS Content-First Layouts In order to create a webpage where the content comes first we need to mark up the areas of the page. We use div tags and the id attribute to define containers. If you wish to define more than one of a particular container then you should use a class. IDs are used only where they appear once in the source code. CSS classes can have multiple instances. It…

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Excerpt: You may think that you have the coolest web site and you sell the best products at the lowest prices, but if you neglect usability you might be throwing money away. Web usability should work hand-in-hand with search engine optimisation so that you can keep your visitors when they arrive at your web site. What is Web Site Usability? Web site usability is about how a site works from the users perspective. It is about making the user feel comfortable finding information on your site, knowing that the design follows conventions that most other web sites do.  They can subconsciously navigate and…