Archive for January, 2006
Web users judge sites in less than a blink
Posted by Chris Hardie on January 18th, 2006Reuters has an article out today, Internet users judge Web sites in less than a blink, noting the publication of a study in the journal Behavior and Information Technology finding that “people make aesthetic judgments that influence the rest of their experience with an Internet site” in one twentieth of a second, less than half of the time it takes to blink your eye. The implications for us as web developers are important, and its clear that being able to create quality graphical layouts built around extensive experience with web design still matters a lot. Of course, everyone responds to different designs in different ways so there’s no formula (as the article mentions) for how to get it right every time. But we feel like we’re doing an okay job so far.
Search Engine Optimization Vol. 4: Text Hyperlinks
Posted by Evan Agee on January 16th, 2006Hopefully after our last article, Search Engine Optimization Vol. 3: The <title> Tag, you’ve seen an increase in your site traffic due to a higher search engine ranking. This time we’re going to focus on a lesser known tip that will go a long way not only to help your search engine ranking, but your visitors as well. I’m talking, of course, about text hyperlinks.
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