Bylines for Web Articles?

Should you say who wrote the content on your site? Sometimes yes (for
credibility), sometimes no (for brevity). And rarely in mobile.
	
Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for February 27:
  > http://www.useit.com/alertbox/bylines.html
		
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Usability Week 2012 conference

  * New York City: this week
  * Las Vegas: March 11-16 (includes the 3-DAY CAMP)
  * Edinburgh, Scotland: March 19-23
  * San Francisco: April 2-7
  * Amsterdam, The Netherlands: April 23-27
  * Washington, DC: May 14-18
  * Chicago: June 25-29
  * Toronto: July 23-27
  * Sydney: August 12-17

Full program:
  > http://www.nngroup.com/events

DEADLINE to save 10% on early-bird registration for SAN FRANCISCO:
  * THIS FRIDAY, March 2
  > http://www.nngroup.com/events/san_francisco/agenda.html

DEADLINE to save $200 on advance registration for LAS VEGAS:
  * NEXT FRIDAY, March 9
  > http://www.nngroup.com/events/las_vegas/agenda.html

Las Vegas is your last chance in 2012 to attend our 3-Day Camp, unless you
want to travel to Australia for the Sydney Camp in August.
  > http://www.nngroup.com/events/tutorials/camp.html

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Announcing Chicago, Toronto, and Sydney Conferences

Returning this summer (down-under winter) to the windy city, Canada, and
Australia:

  > http://www.nngroup.com/events/chicago/agenda.html

  > http://www.nngroup.com/events/toronto/agenda.html

  > http://www.nngroup.com/events/sydney/agenda.html

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FACEBOOK NO GOOD FOR E-COMMERCE

Many big companies have opened and then closed special storefronts on
Facebook. Failed "F-commerce" attempts include The Gap, J.C. Penny,
Nordstrom, Delta Airlines, and Gamestop:

  > http://bloom.bg/yvrJQQ
 
This is no big surprise to me, based on our user research with social
media:

  > http://www.nngroup.com/reports/streams 
    (free 210-page research report)

While we didn't test Facebook-hosted e-commerce sites, we found that users
mainly use social media to be social and not to do business. Wow, this
finding seems to have been a surprise to those companies that did set up
"F-commerce" sites.

Sometimes I wish that companies would bother investing a pittance in user
research (or just read a free report with others' research :-) before
investing a fortune in a doomed strategy that goes against users' behavior
patterns.

For our research on e-commerce designs that do work, please see:
  > http://www.nngroup.com/reports/ecommerce

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