Articles on usability

Since April 2009 you can find our thoughts on web usability and information architecture on The web usability blog.

Latest articles on the web usability blog: 

	No 404 error page at Google?
	Strange. Google writes blog articles on how to make 404 error pages more useful. But they don't seem to practice what they preach...
	And the winners of the Belgian Usability Awards 2010 are…
	The winners of the Belgian Usability Awards 2010 are: UiT in Vlaams-Brabant, KrisKras and Karel de Grote-Hogeschool.
	Registration kills conversion
	A lot of online shops force you to create an account or register before you can buy anything. Not the best move if you want to actually make some money. Read why.
	Title and description tags: a complete guide
	The most complete guide to page title and description tags on the web. How do you write good page titles and description tags? Read all about it.
	How to track down the least visited pages of your website and what to do with them
	Producing content is fun. But are all those pages really helping users? Or are they getting in the way? A step-by-step guide to putting your website on a diet.
	Visa’s idea of safe: Internet Explorer 6
	In 2010, the only way to get into Visa Online is with Internet Explorer 6. In a business where safety is key, that's not exactly ideal...

Older articles: 

• Reading on the web (21 March, 2005)

• Liquid layout: still a good idea? (19 January, 2005)

• Usability and design (1 December, 2004)

• Good results pages increase search success (12 May, 2004)

• Information architecture: step into your users' shoes (1 April, 2004)

• FAQ: some handy tips (16 February, 2004)

• Five tips to boost your online sales (18 December, 2003)

• Usability expert versus web builder (12 November, 2003)

• Make your homepage work (8 October, 2003)

• How to involve users (15 September, 2003)

• User expectations for web page layout (4 June, 2003)

• Liquid layout (4 April, 2003)

• Resolution and window size: a few figures (5 March, 2003)

• How to turn visitors into newsletter subscribers (5 February, 2003)

• Information space: tell the user where he is (8 January, 2003)

• Log file analysis and usability: see what users do (22 December, 2002)

• 10 tips for local government sites - Part 2 (4 December, 2002)

• 10 tips for local government sites - Part 1 (20 November, 2002)

• Make unsubscription easy (6 November, 2002)

• Forms: Limit the number of fields (23 October, 2002)

• A 'Help' section is usually a bad sign (9 October, 2002)

• The importance of consistent communication (25 September, 2002)

• A drop-down is not a command menu (11 September, 2002)

• Page size and downloading time (3 July, 2002)

• Non-html files: do's and don'ts (19 June, 2002)

• Visually handicapped users are users too (5 June, 2002)

• Avoid movement (22 May, 2002)

• Printer-friendly pages (8 May, 2002)

• Title tags: important details (24 April, 2002)

• Links: make it clear to users what's clickable (10 April, 2002)

• Site maps: do's and don'ts (27 March, 2002)

• Instructions for forms (13 March, 2002)

• Avoid cascading menus (27 February, 2002)

• User feedback (21 January, 2002)

• Contact information  (14 January, 2002)

• Provide a predictable navigation (2 January, 2002)

• Search: help your users (18 December, 2001)

• Icons speak louder than words? (10 December, 2001)

• Frames: an absolute disaster (10 December, 2001)

• Navigation: use clear terminology (27 November, 2001)

• Language choice tips (16 November, 2001)

• Return on investment of usability (13 November, 2001)

• Style sheets: some basic guidelines (13 November, 2001)

• Style sheets: why use them? (13 November, 2001)