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Monday October 17, 2005 
• Blog Usability: Jakob Nielsen Rants on Weblogs Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, October 17, 2005:
Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes
Summary:
Weblogs are often too internally focused and ignore key usability issues, making it hard for new readers to understand the site and trust the author.
Weblogs are a form of website. The thousands of normal website usability guidelines therefore apply to them, as do this year's top ten design mistakes. But weblogs are also a special genre of website; they have unique characteristics and thus distinct usability problems.
Nielsen makes some good points. You can read the whole thing
on his website
I particularly agree with him about the need for the writer to identify themselves. Otherwise the reader discounts what they read in the blog if they can't figure out who is writing. I find it really annoying to be reading a blog by someone who prefers to keep themselves totally and mysteriously anonymous.
( Oct 17 2005, 11:52:58 AM PDT )
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