I liked this combination of offer email and landing page for Google Adwords. Although the design for both is straightforward (as you’d expect from Google), both are well structured with clear layouts, good copywriting and clear calls-to-action. (more…)
Category: Web General
Metacritic Redesign Brings Out the Hate
Movie review aggregator website Metacritic underwent a complete redesign last week, much to the dismay of its regular users.
Aren’t Websites Supposed to Save Money?
A recent BBC news article writes that the British government spent £94M last year developing and running websites.
JavaScript Physics Engine
This is a pretty amazing example of what you can do with JavaScript these days. Click around the screen and don’t forget to try shaking your browser window. (more…)
$150 Discount on “Voices That Matter” Web Design Conference
If you’re in the San Francisco area at the end of June you may want to check this out. New Riders’ Voices That Matter web design conference takes place June 28-29.
A ‘More Natural’ Login Button Placement?
I like the way that My Starbucks Idea login button has been incorporated into the instructional text that goes with it. (more…)
Free Gift Idea for the Usability Geek
Optimal Workshop is offering to send free, “Jacob Nielsen approved” usability buttons to anywhere in the world.
10 Key Tasks For Your Next Web Site
Last year I wrote about 12 essential web site building blocks – things that you should check when you take on responsibility for a new web site, or even just launch one.
Well, this year I’ve come up with a few more, mostly as a reminder to me for the next site that I’ll be running. (more…)
Get Ready to Claim Your Facebook Vanity URL
TechCrunch is reporting that Facebook users will soon be able to pick their own vanity URLs, which is pretty big news if you’re a business using the site for marketing or community-related purposes.