August 2006 Archives
By Jason Sherrill
Posted on Aug 31, 2006
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Numerous bank and credit union website managers have asked me why their website traffic and sales dropped after launching new, improved websites. Numerous factors have contributed to the declindes, but there is one frequent cause that the designers didn't plan for when building the new sites - page renaming without setting up proper redirects. If you’re planning to redesign your credit union or bank's website, you need to understand what this means, why it happens and how you can avoid the problem.
Continue reading "Prevent Search Rankings Drop After Site Redesign with 301 Redirect" »
By Jason Sherrill
Posted on Aug 26, 2006
Today I hung a 38" x 38" framed picture in less than 30 seconds without nails, screws, a hammer or drill.
The Monkey Hook's design simplicity results in a very user friendly picture hanging experience.
Continue reading "Hang Pictures without Nails, Screws or Tools" »
By Jason Sherrill
Posted on Aug 25, 2006
We didn't have to search for too long to find someone perfect for our new Usability Evangelist position at InetSolution. We were looking for someone who could help people understand that usability is important, even more important than the CEO's favorite color.
Continue reading "Wanted: Usability Evangelist" »
By Jason Sherrill
Posted on Aug 22, 2006
How is a voice mail message like a website? Websites suffering from poor usability cause unnecessary work, delays and frustration for the recipient. Poorly crafted voice mail messages yield the same results.
On an average day I receive about 20 voice mail messages and 80% of them are what Guy Kawasaki would consider good voice mail messages (read number 12 on his post), but the 20% that aren't good create extra work, delays and frustration.
Continue reading "Help Me Help You - How to Leave A Good Voice Mail Message" »
By Jason Sherrill
Posted on Aug 22, 2006
Most search optimization experts know the benefits of including keywords in URLs. But many credit union and bank websites store content in a database and use query string values to pass a record identifier to a single page that displays the content dynamically. The URLs look like http://…/news-display.asp?articleid=7584. Unfortunately, this method does not allow you to show search engines your keywords in the page file name like you could with a static HTML page. There is a solution however, and it’s called URL rewriting.
Continue reading "How to Rewrite URLs in ASP on IIS Using ISAPI_Rewrite" »
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