Comments on: Web Design and the MySpace Problem http://thinkvitamin.com/design/the-myspace-problem/ A blog about the web Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:00:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mary Siney http://thinkvitamin.com/design/the-myspace-problem/#comment-20542 Mary Siney Tue, 11 May 2010 17:47:46 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/the-myspace-problem#comment-20542 Simplicity in design is everything - one of the big reasons that you see these sites get traction is that people can use them out of the box. Jakob Nielsen @ Useit.com has probably the ugliest site in the world but he's a world renowned expert on usability because, low and behold, the simple framing of his website makes for easy navigation and he teaches others how to cut through the crap, and standardize around user expectations. Another good resource along the same lines is conversion voodoo's blog post that states the 5 key reasons that this stuff works http://www.conversionvoodoo.com/blog/2010/04/increase-your-conversion-rate-by-making-your-site-uglier/ And Simplicity in design is everything – one of the big reasons that you see these sites get traction is that people can use them out of the box.

Jakob Nielsen @ Useit.com has probably the ugliest site in the world but he’s a world renowned expert on usability because, low and behold, the simple framing of his website makes for easy navigation and he teaches others how to cut through the crap, and standardize around user expectations.

Another good resource along the same lines is conversion voodoo’s blog post that states the 5 key reasons that this stuff works

http://www.conversionvoodoo.com/blog/2010/04/increase-your-conversion-rate-by-making-your-site-uglier/

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]]> By: Marketing Weblog » MASTER IN DIGITAL MARKETING IN PILLS: Crisis of Myspace or have they got of it? | IE Business School http://thinkvitamin.com/design/the-myspace-problem/#comment-14643 Marketing Weblog » MASTER IN DIGITAL MARKETING IN PILLS: Crisis of Myspace or have they got of it? | IE Business School Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:40:26 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/the-myspace-problem#comment-14643 [...] User Design – There is a very nice post on the problems with Myspace design http://carsonified.com/blog/features/design/the-myspace-problem/ [...] [...] User Design – There is a very nice post on the problems with Myspace design http://carsonified.com/blog/features/design/the-myspace-problem/ [...]

]]> By: Crisis of Myspace or have they got of it? « Learning Digital Marketing in the New Age http://thinkvitamin.com/design/the-myspace-problem/#comment-14229 Crisis of Myspace or have they got of it? « Learning Digital Marketing in the New Age Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:41:37 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/the-myspace-problem#comment-14229 [...] User Design – There is a very nice post on the problems with Myspace design http://carsonified.com/blog/features/design/the-myspace-problem/ [...] [...] User Design – There is a very nice post on the problems with Myspace design http://carsonified.com/blog/features/design/the-myspace-problem/ [...]

]]> By: Hgh http://thinkvitamin.com/design/the-myspace-problem/#comment-6921 Hgh Sun, 24 May 2009 15:27:30 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/the-myspace-problem#comment-6921 Very interesting read, enjoyed it, thanks for posting! Very interesting read, enjoyed it, thanks for posting!

]]> By: Social Network http://thinkvitamin.com/design/the-myspace-problem/#comment-6920 Social Network Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:11:34 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/the-myspace-problem#comment-6920 couldn't agree more, Joshua! :)<br><br>You should see some of the ugly websites I've come across that has a PR4 or Alexa Rank under 25,000 .. and I just wonder what's goin on in the world lol<br><br>Thanks for the great article couldn't agree more, Joshua! :)

You should see some of the ugly websites I've come across that has a PR4 or Alexa Rank under 25,000 .. and I just wonder what's goin on in the world lol

Thanks for the great article

]]> By: Outsourcing Philippines http://thinkvitamin.com/design/the-myspace-problem/#comment-6919 Outsourcing Philippines Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:23:24 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/the-myspace-problem#comment-6919 i don't see any problem on Myspace i don't see any problem on Myspace

]]> By: excel training http://thinkvitamin.com/design/the-myspace-problem/#comment-6918 excel training Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:32:01 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/the-myspace-problem#comment-6918 I guess the lesson to learn is that as long as the site gives the user functionality, it will survive. I guess the lesson to learn is that as long as the site gives the user functionality, it will survive.

]]> By: Myspac http://thinkvitamin.com/design/the-myspace-problem/#comment-6917 Myspac Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:17:40 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/the-myspace-problem#comment-6917 i don't think myspace have a web design problem to be honest.. i don't think myspace have a web design problem to be honest..

]]> By: Live chat http://thinkvitamin.com/design/the-myspace-problem/#comment-6916 Live chat Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:34:37 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/the-myspace-problem#comment-6916 Very interesting read, enjoyed it, thanks for posting! Very interesting read, enjoyed it, thanks for posting!

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