Archive for the ‘Usability’ Category

The Battle of the Social Networks and Google Rebranding

July 8th, 2011
Published by Nadeem Anjum
The Battle of the Social Networks and Google Rebranding

The search engine giant Google has been trying to infiltrate the social scene for a while and has released private user testing of it’s new social network platform called Google+. A week later we have seen a number of small movements in the social world. Facebook Launch Video Chat with Skype Partnership One of the plus points of Google+ was the ability to use the hangout feature and video chat. This week Facebook have announced a... Read: The Battle of the Social Networks and Google Rebranding

The Google+ Social Network : Is it a Facebook competitor?

June 29th, 2011
Published by Will O'Hara
The Google+ Social Network : Is it a Facebook competitor?

Google’s social network is finally here, sort of. You probably won’t be able to access it for a week or two – it’s in a ‘limited field trial’ – invite only (oddly Google hasn’t plastered ‘beta’ across this one – maybe they’ve finally decided to stop using the beta tag?). There’s now simply a message saying they’ve ‘temporarily exceeded capacity’. As with the Gmail launch in 2004, Google has invited a select band of users to participate with... Read: The Google+ Social Network : Is it a Facebook competitor?

How Does Google Instant Preview Your Website?

November 26th, 2010
Published by Nadeem Anjum
How Does Google Instant Preview Your Website?

Recently, Google have been launching a number of additions to their search engine in a bid to provide more usable and better results. One addition, Google Instant, saw an increase in speed when using the search engine by providing results as you type. Not stopping there, they then announced Google Instant Previews which displays a preview image of websites within the search engine listings. At first users needed to be logged into their Google account... Read: How Does Google Instant Preview Your Website?

Focus on: Mobile Content – NHS Direct Website

November 11th, 2010
Published by Will O'Hara
Focus on: Mobile Content - NHS Direct Website

As web developers, designers and marketers, we often come across examples of websites that could’ve implemented a technology or process that little bit better. One example I came across the just other day is the NHS Direct website. I recently had cause to use the site, I wanted to call and speak to someone medically trained – my son was unwell and we wanted to rule out anything serious. I expect this is what many... Read: Focus on: Mobile Content – NHS Direct Website

Google Instant and what it means for SEO

September 8th, 2010
Published by Will O'Hara
Google Instant and what it means for SEO

Depending on how many digital marketing blogs you read, you may come across many posts about SEO being ‘dead’ over the next few days, you might even see it across technology reports on mainstream news. These posts are a reaction to Google Instant, a new feature Google has introduced into it’s search product which could be described as a ‘game changer’, but is SEO dead? No, there’s just a little more to consider now. Has... Read: Google Instant and what it means for SEO

iPhone dominates the market, as Mobile Web Browsing increases by 263%

September 3rd, 2010
Published by Liam Veitch
iPhone dominates the market, as Mobile Web Browsing increases by 263%

There are numerous articles in the blogosphere containing statistics and conclusions as to the Global domination of Apple products in the telecommunications arena.  Although this article is “with the grain” in that respect, the data we are using to arrive at our conclusions is unique to us. We can say then, without too much hesitation that the iPhone is dominating the market – and we have proof! The Survey I decided to take a cross... Read: iPhone dominates the market, as Mobile Web Browsing increases by 263%