200 Different Ways to Say Your Name

Posted on: Monday, October 19th, 2009 in: Usability & Design

There are a lot of different ways people can search for your company. Here is a list of the ways I know.

Moving the Search is a Win

Posted on: Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 in: BWI, Usability & Design

Picking the location for the search box, and improving a website usability.

Whoops, I Searched Meta

Posted on: Monday, September 21st, 2009 in: Usability & Design

Searching meta tags on Google, and an example how not to do it.

Tampering With Status Quo

Posted on: Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 in: Analytics, BWI, Usability & Design

How over analyzing analytics can give you the wrong idea. Step back, and see what is really going on.

Search For It

Posted on: Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 in: Analytics, BWI

Having a search function on your website is a great idea. Having it take up your best space above the fold might not be though.

Overlapping 20 Popular Blogs

Posted on: Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 in: Usability & Design

What happens when I overlap 20 blogs on top of each other? You will see here.

Only Right Keywords Give You Right Search

Posted on: Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 in: Usability & Design

A quick how to, on improving your search.

Top Ten Website Mistakes

Posted on: Monday, March 30th, 2009 in: BWI, Usability & Design

Top ten web mistakes found from the results of my web usability and design analyses conducted in 2009.

An Unusual Search Form

Posted on: Monday, March 2nd, 2009 in: Usability & Design

Review of an unusual search form. It is a little more complex than some, but it works for the visitor, and it helps sell their site owners products at the same time. Searching methods are not always obvious.

Add Search and Earn

Posted on: Sunday, March 1st, 2009 in: Business Side, Software, Usability & Design

Adding Adsense Search to your site can generate revenue, and help your visitors find content on your site.

Web Hosting Search

Posted on: Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 in: Server Side, Sites Reviewed

I have analyzed ten of them in January alone. By comparing all of them I also learned a little something new in regards to hosting. It also brought me to a hosting review site that has figured out the same thing I did, not all hosting sites are the same, and they should really not be generalized.

Add This

Posted on: Monday, February 2nd, 2009 in: Software, Usability & Design

Back in August I mentioned this cool little bookmarking icon that can play a huge roll in marketing your site. You can find it at the bottom of all of my posts, and on several other sites I have. I was recently asked to look at this used Honda Civics site, and was happy to find it on their site. Their site is in blog format, and if you are running a blog or a blog styled site you better get one. These little buttons make traffic.

Call to Action

Posted on: Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 in: Usability & Design

There are product details, pictures, product options, and an obvious method to make a purchase. What about the home page though? Are you compelled to do anything?

Able Ize It

Posted on: Thursday, December 18th, 2008 in: Sites Reviewed

When creating a website making sure it’s easily accessible is important. Here in the U.S., if it’s a site made for the public, and it’s managed by the federal government accessibility is not just a consideration, it’s the law.

How Life Works

Posted on: Thursday, November 20th, 2008 in: Sites Reviewed

How Life Works is a cool new website packed full of easy to read articles about, you guessed it, life, or should I say tips on improving your life. You can find helpful tips on everything, from saving money on your grocery bills to relationship advice. Money and love, pretty important topics for life.

Video Video

Posted on: Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 in: Usability & Design

Or should I call this post, Acai, Acai, Acai like their domain name www.acaiacaiacai.com. After my last post, I wanted to give a great example of using some video to sell your product. Check out this site: Acai Berry, and their use of video.

Fast Forms

Posted on: Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 in: Usability & Design

I have wrote about these guys before, and I am doing it again. I love this company, and how the tackle the web and their web presence. Houston Real Estate, also known as VIP Realty uses several techniques to get their desired visitor action. The use parallel desings, multiple domain names, and different methods to get vistors feedback.

Where’s Your Search Again

Posted on: Friday, August 8th, 2008 in: Usability & Design

When you host a directory site make sure you have a search function present on every page. Using Alboxinfo.com as an example see why.

Where’s Your Search?

Posted on: Friday, August 1st, 2008 in: Usability & Design

An example of another reason on why you should have a search function on your site besides to help in navigation.