Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox): "Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, October 17, 2005:Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design MistakesSummary: Weblogs are often too internally focused and ignore key usability issues, making it hard for new readers to understand the site and trust the author"
1. No Author Biographies
2. No Author Photo
3. Nondescript Posting Titles
4. Links Don't Say Where They Go
5. Classic Hits are Buried
6. The Calendar is the Only Navigation
7. Irregular Publishing Frequency
8. Mixing Topics
9. Forgetting That You Write for Your Future Boss
10. Having a Domain Name Owned by a Weblog Service
Other Top Ten Lists
The ten very worst design mistakes of all time Summary based on the main elements of the other lists.
Web design mistakes (1996) My first list. Luckily, many of these mistakes have been fixed by now.
Web design mistakes (1999)
Web design mistakes (2002)
With cartoons.
Web design mistakes (2003)
Web design mistakes (2005)
Good deeds in Web design
Top homepage usability guidelines
Most violated homepage guidelines
posted by Jen @ 7:28 am
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