Website Design & Usability News

Web optimisation triumphs: UK retail sales strong over Christmas

British retailers have enjoyed a festive season full of joy, according to the latest sales figures. Read more>>>

Website optimisation 'must consider smartphone use'

When developing their internet pages, firms must take note of good website optimisation practices, it has been advised. Read more>>>

Mobile internet 'will overtake fixed-line connections by 2011'

The popularity of internet-ready smartphones are a sign that mobile websurfing may soon overtake fixed-line connections, according to a new report. Read more>>>

Website access problems 'deter mobile users'

Consumers that have problems accessing websites on their mobile devices could be put off visiting them again, according to new research. Read more>>>

Size 'not always important' for banner ads

Size does not necessarily matter when it comes to online marketing, according to a new report. Read more>>>

Lloyds TSB has 'best banking website in UK'

Lloyds TSB's website marketing strategy has come in for significant praise, being named one of the most popular portals in the UK at a recent award ceremony. Read more>>>

M&S steps up website marketing

Mark & Spencer has improved its website marketing with a re-launched website. Read more>>>

Virtual high streets

At a time when marketing budgets are focused on increasing return on investment and reducing marketing spend; can a new influx of virtual worlds attract advertisers and retailers to invest. Read more>>>

E-tail 3.0 – Experience is Everything

With doom and gloom across the high street, traditional retailers are facing an insurmountable task to retain market share and basket value. In addition to the economic conditions affecting consumers, retailers are facing increased competition from e-tailers and clicks and mortar organisations. Read more>>>

The stickiest fingers on the Web

When it’s common knowledge that everyone’s up to something less than legal it’s the being caught seems to cause most problems - all the other similarly guilty parties able to take the moral high ground and point haughtily at those with the stickiest fingers. Read more>>>

The end of spam?

Microsoft reported recently that 97% of all email is spam. UK security specialists Message Labs largely concurred saying that their figures reveal around 81% of email as being junk – despite Bill Gates having predicted in 2004 that spam would be "a thing of the past" within two years. Read more>>>