Usability in the News

By Robert Campbell on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 Print This Post
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Doing some research on what is hot and what is not, I was inspired to add a new section to the home page for this site: Usability in the News.

The section will have links to two leading stories or articles that are about web usability or design. Content will be semi-periodic, at least once a week.

The Research

Keeping it brief, the research I was doing revealed a breakdown of popular websites by industry. Ordered by importance here are the top 10.

  1. Social Media – sites like Facebook, Twitter, and blogging environments
  2. Search Engines
  3. News
  4. Shopping
  5. Multimedia – Video and music
  6. Services – Banks, Netflix
  7. Portals – ISP home pages
  8. Image hosts
  9. Review Sites
  10. Entertainment
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15 Comments on “Usability in the News”

  1. nice list great work again

  2. Guy 3D says:

    In what context is “importance” used? Number of visitors? Time spent on the websites? Link into the websites? I mean, Twitter is popular, but is it important? I think the clue is in the name…

    Guy.

  3. nice list… Just wondering on Social Media is ahead with the Search Engines..

  4. used tires says:

    Sounds like a great addition to the website, looking forward to reading the content you put out :)

    Till then,

    Jean

  5. Bidet says:

    Great list, and a good addition to the site.

  6. Social Media – sites like Facebook, Twitter, and blogging environments, the most important

  7. This is a great idea and addition to your blog. I look forward to seeing the posts. I think it is good to keep current with your content.

  8. I had taken that off my list. But i just checked it and ti is back up! Good news aye?

    • I guess you like my comments enough to copy them. Where is your originality. there is nothing in here that needs to be taken off and they are not talking about a site that went down. maybe you should read the things you are commenting on.

  9. Great list, and a good addition to the site…
    Thanks..

  10. Great list, and a good addition to the site.

  11. In what context is “importance” used? Number of visitors? Time spent on the websites? Link into the websites? I mean, Twitter is popular, but is it important? I think the clue is in the name…

  12. izle says:

    nice list very nice ;)

  13. I had taken that off my list. But i just checked it and ti is back up! Good news aye?.

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