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Good Example of Marketing Email and Landing Page

October 4, 2010August 14, 2016 Christian Watson 11 Comments

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. Read More

Cabela’s Takes a Thoughtful Approach to Their Website Redesign

September 20, 2010August 7, 2016 Christian Watson 2 Comments

Outdoor gear online retailer Cabela’s is getting ready to launch a long needed redesign. However, it wasn’t the new site itself which caught my attention (although it looks pretty great) but the process they are following to introduce their customers to it.

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Metacritic Redesign Brings Out the Hate

August 20, 2010August 1, 2016 Christian Watson

Movie review aggregator website Metacritic underwent a complete redesign last week, much to the dismay of its regular users.

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Aren’t Websites Supposed to Save Money?

June 28, 2010August 9, 2016 Christian Watson

A recent BBC news article writes that the British government spent £94M last year developing and running websites.

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JavaScript Physics Engine

June 2, 2010August 14, 2016 Christian Watson

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. Read More

$150 Discount on “Voices That Matter” Web Design Conference

April 20, 2010August 9, 2016 Christian Watson

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.

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A ‘More Natural’ Login Button Placement?

March 27, 2010August 6, 2016 Christian Watson 1 Comment

I like the way that My Starbucks Idea login button has been incorporated into the instructional text that goes with it. Read More

Free Gift Idea for the Usability Geek

December 22, 2009August 10, 2016 Christian Watson

Optimal Workshop is offering to send free, “Jacob Nielsen approved” usability buttons to anywhere in the world.

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10 Key Tasks For Your Next Web Site

November 6, 2009August 14, 2016 Christian Watson

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. Read More

Get Ready to Claim Your Facebook Vanity URL

May 31, 2009August 10, 2016 Christian Watson

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.

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