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2004 Articles and Media Coverage
Usability Company follows up ME0 with acquisition and merger talks (PDF file size
31k)
New Media Age, 09-12-2004
The Usability Company Successfully Completes Buyout (PDF file size
46k)
E-Consultancy, 06-12-2004
Disability not Inability (PDF file size
562k)
Careers Adviser, 12-2004
Changes in legislation are bringing greater equality for the disabled, reports Catherine Quinn.
How Good is your Website? (PDF file size
29k)
Business 550, 12-2004
The internet is littered with websites that fail to live up to the expectations of browsers, make sure yours
isn't one of them, says Marty Carroll.
Poor search functions are hitting sales, etailers told (PDF file
size 41k)
New Media Age, 11-11-2004
Poor search functions are hitting etailers sites Catriona Campbell comments.
What's Inside Counts (PDF file size
123k)
New Media Age, 11-11-2004
Intranets can be as useful for employees as an external website is for customers but only says Nic Howell if
they're built with usability and accessibility in mind. Catriona Campbell comments.
Building better
websites (PDF file size 211k)
Government Computing, 11-2004
The Usability Company provides valuable insight into visitor behaviour for the DTl's 12,000 page website redesign.
CD Comment (PDF file size
220k)
Business 550, 11-2004
Catriona Campbell comments on what keeps her sane.
Catriona Campbell named one of top 100 UK (PDF file size 43k)
Internet individuals
Usability News, 27-10-2004
The Knexus Community
tackles Usability (PDF file size 44k)
Usability News, 22-10-2004
Knexus Community has invited Marty Carroll from The Usability Company to provide insights using real-life corporate case
studies to demonstrate how companies have obtained a significant improvement in business and web traffic as the result
of usability.
Why Usability Matters (PDF file size
426k)
Sports Business, 01-10-2004
A well designed website can reap enormous business benefits for a sports brand or organisation. Marty Carroll comments.
17
steps to a more accessible website (PDF file 730k)
Internet Works, 10-2004
It’s a great business opportunity and a legal obligation, so making
your website accessible to people with disabilities should be a
priority.
Bradford & Bingley revamps Marketplace website (PDF file size
43k)
Netimperative, 29-09-2004
Bradford & Bingley's financial website, www.themarketplace.co.uk, has
been revamped.
Measuring Up
(PDF file size 430k)
New Media Age Usability Supplement, 23-09-2004
Before you start usability testing you need to define what it is you're
measuring, then choose the best way to measure it, reports Nic Howell.
Where, why, who (PDF
file size 505k)
New Media Age, Usability Supplement, 23-09-2004
Some usability techniques reveal where users are looking, but knowing why they look is also useful, especially for niche audiences, says Clare Goff.
Odeon reels out accessibility
excuses (PDF file size 63k)
ZDNet UK, 23-09-2004
ZDNet reports.
Odeon breach disability laws
(PDF file size 51k)
Silicon.com, 22-09-2004
With comment from Catriona Campbell.
Men claim online search crown
(PDF file size 37k)
VNUNet.com, 15-09-2004
Catriona Campbell, chairman of The Usability Company elaborates.
Men claim online search crown
(PDF file size 38k)
What PC, 15-09-2004
Women too easily distracted by their artistic brains, claims survey Robert Jaques reports.
Men claim online search crown
(PDF file size 40k)
Computer Active, 15-09-2004
Women too easily distracted by their artistic brains, claims survey. Computer Active reports.
Men claim online search crown
(PDF file size 38k)
Computing, 15-09-2004
Computing reports.
Audit (PDF file size
228k)
Internet World, 09-2004
Patrick Chamberlain, a specialist at The Usability Company audits itv.com for ease of use.
Bradford
& Bingley Case Study (PDF file size 103k)
Financial Marketing, 09-2004
Exclusive: Bradford & Bingley is to launch the next phase of a web
development project that has seen a radical redesign of its Marketplace
site over the last 12 months.
'Plastic
Society' embraces online shopping (PDF file size 301k)
Internet Works, Autumn 2004
E-commerce grows in the UK but security fears are deterring to many
consumers.
Web sites
that work (PDF file size 246k)
.NET, 09-2004
Would you serve bad food? So why make a bad web site? Jennifer Thomson
elaborates.
Revolution,
09-2004 (PDF file size 15k)
The Usability Company has sealed a formal partnership with web-analytics
supplier WebAbacus to provide online data as part of it's service.
www.ingdirect.co.uk (PDF
file size 230k)
Internet World, 07/08-2004
Is direct savings bank ING Direct's website in the money?
Can
one size fit all? (PDF file size 684k)
Revolution, 07/08-2004
Many users surf the web via technology other than PCs. Could firms
better cater to them with a device independent plan? Phil Buxton
reports.
Usability
can for all online (PDF file size 830k)
Revolution, 07/08-2004
Brands are wasting money on their online ad campaigns simply because
they fail to test the effectiveness of advertisements before they go
live
Welcome growth in
usability testing (PDF file size 40k)
New Media Age, 29-07-2004
Catriona Campbell, chairman, The Usability Company
No winners on
the web (PDF file size 18k)
The Scottish Banker, 06/07-2004
UK financial websites are failing on performance, according to a recent
survey by The Usability Company.
Not very
satisfactory (PDF file size 30k)
Credit Management, 06-2004
A survey by the Usability Company suggests that UK financial websites
are failing on performance, with poor accessibility, slow response times
and an unacceptably high number of errors.
Senior
appointment (PDF file size 16k)
Direct Marketing International, 06-2004
UK-based consultancy on all digital interfaces, The Usability Company,
has welcomed Toby Turner as senior account manager.
www.napster.co.uk (PDF file
size 204k)
Internet World, 06-2004
Napster has gone legal, but just how does it shape up in the usability
stakes?
www.eu.levi.com (PDF file 226k)
Internet World, 05-2004
We look at how well the Levi's website shapes up in the usability
stakes.
UK
Financial Sectors Deficient Websites (PDF file size 21k)
Software World, 05-2004
A new survey by The Usability Company shows that UK financial websites
are failing on performance, with poor accessibility, slow response times
and an unacceptably high number of errors.
Lost in translation
(PDF file size 1036k)
Internet Magazine, 06-04
It visitors can't make sense of your site they'll soon give up and
go elsewhere.
Business
websites face legal threat (PDF file size 93k)
What to buy for business, 05-04
A report from the Disability Rights Commission (www.drc
-gb.org) has slammed British web sites for ignoring accessibility
standards and warns that the DRC will take legal action against those
who fail to make improvements.
New Media Age awards
supplement (PDF file size 57k)
New Media Age, 05-04
Thls year's New Media Age Effectiveness Awards take place against the
backdrop of a resurgent industry.
Net Usable Web Profits (PDF
file size 184k)
Cimtech, 05-04
With Internet growth rates in Poland are set to hit a peak of 217%, Paul
Blunden – CEO of The Usability Company - believes that there are many
rich pickings to be made.
Something in the air
(PDF file size 452k)
Advice 4 Growth, 05-04
Aware that a muddled Website costs money, Jeff Bezos looked to history
for an answer.
Brand Republic - Diary
(PDF file size 73k)
Brand Republic, 05-04-04
Press cuttings.
Sector
Report - Online Financial Services (PDF file size 222k)
Net Imperative, 04-04
Financial services have proven an absolute coup for the online
envirnoment.
Online shakes up the high
street (PDF file size 385k)
Net Imperative, 04-04
Online banking is now an integral part of any bank‘s strategy - in
fact - it now looks like overshadowing branch banking for good. Susie
Harwood reports.
Web developers need to
understand disabled access issues (PDF file size 72k)
Computer Weekly, 27-04-04
IT professionals need to ensure they have the skills to develop websites
that are accessible to disabled users.
Financial websites perform
poorly (PDF file size 34k)
Computing, 15-04-04
UK financial websites are failing on performance.
Winning
Custom (PDF file size 262k)
New Media Age, 25-03-04
Your products won’t sell if customers can't find what they're looking
for on your site, reports Dianne See Morrison.
The Usability Company ties
up with NMA Effectiveness awards (PDF file size 25k)
New Media Age, 11-03-04
Usability will be one of the key tests for would-be NMA Effectiveness
Awards winners this year
Is your website friend or
foe? (PDF file size 465k)
The Guardian - Epublic 25-02-04
This article also appeared in The Guardian online e-Public section.
Websites are put to the test every time someone visits them, but the
software used to record the popularity of a government site does not
assess how easy it is to use. Figleaves
come out on top in pre-Valentines day Web trial (PDF file size 105k)
Retail Week, 13-02-04
Three of the more popular Web sites during the season of love, otherwise
known as Valentine's Day, have been audited to test their
user-friendliness as people try to buy gifts for their loved ones.
The plugs don't work
(PDF file size 145k)
.NET, 02-2004
Eye-tracking experiment shows that online ads are a waste of space.
Webtraffiq
partnership (PDF file size 64k)
Brand Republic, 30-01-04
WebtraffIQ, the analytics consultancy, has signed a partnership with the
Usability Company to offer a full range of analytic services for website
owners.
The
Usability Company & Webtraffiq (PDF file size 59k)
BIOS Magazine, 29-01-04
The Usability Company, the UK's foremost provider of independent, business
focused usability consultancy, and WebtraffIQ, the web analytics agency,
announces a partnership to provide website owners with a complete range of
consultancy and analytic services.
Richard Nalliah appointed
public sector account manager (PDF file size 20k)
New Media Age, 22-01-04
Designers get
third eye (PDF file size 102k)
Internet Web Designer, 01-2004
Services arrive to give Web authors revealing new perspectives on
usability and accessibility issues.
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