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Aggregation over RSS makes it easy for people to collaborate in ad hoc ways. So what’s the role of groups (forums, online networks, bulletin boards)? Do they even have one? Simon Berry of Ruralnet raises this question when he asks, “Are tags the new groups?” A provocative question. (Hat-tip Megan)

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Your aim is a brilliant website that surprises and delights visitors. How do you get there? And how will you know when you’ve arrived?

I’m running a short workshop at the Voluntary Sector Marketing Conference on how to evaluate and improve the marketing effectiveness of your website. In other words, how to turn your website into […]

New eyetracking research from the Neilsen Norman Group shows how users often read web content in an F-shaped pattern.

First scan across top area

Visitors first make a quick scan across the top area of the page. Generally this takes in the first subheading or page title, and some of the first paragraph. Sometimes, that is all […]

Two classic columns by Jakob Nielsen are a bit misleading. To be sure, he has had a major positive effect on web design. In fact people still quote advice he gave eight (8!) years ago. It’s not out of date. But out of context, his advice on writing for the web consists of - at […]

I’ve hacked together dotUdotMe, a bookmarklet that swaps pages from .com to .co.uk, or .anything to .somethingelse. I find it’s helpful for switching from amazon.com to amazon.co.uk without having to go to the address bar and edit part of the URL.
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