Users Interleave Sites and Genres

[email protected] (Jakob Nielsen) Mon, 06 Feb 2006 07:10:00 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.alertbox
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Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for February 6 is now online at:
  > http://www.useit.com/alertbox/cross_site_behavior.html
	
Summary:
When working on business problems, users flitter among sites, alternating
visits to different service genres.
No single website defines the user experience on its own.

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Usability Week 2006 conference

  > New York, March 26-31
  > London, May 21-26
  > San Francisco, June 19-24
  > Sydney, July 16-21

In-depth training:
  > 3-day Intensive Camp: Usability in Practice
  > 3-day Immersion: Tog on Interaction Design

Specialized tutorials:
  > Eyetracking Web Usability
  > B2B Websites
  > Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability
  > Presenting Company Information on Corporate Websites
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  > Writing for the Web (two days)
  > E-Mail Newsletter Usability
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Two follow-ups to my January article on search engines

How to measure the quality of search results:
  > http://www.useit.com/alertbox/search_quality.html

Paying users to use a search engine:
  > http://www.useit.com/alertbox/cash_back_search_engine_users.html