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Monday, 13 October 2008 10:45 pm

The most ridiculous captchas of all time

Monday, 13 October 2008  

If you search the web for what people think of the dreaded webform captchas, you’ll see that there are plenty of us who think they largely suck because they irritate the very people they’re supposedly designed to protect.

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Don’t mislead your customers

Monday, 6 October 2008  

While using a misleading keyword phrase in your adwords campaign may get your website more traffic, it’s also very likely to backfire because your potential customers won’t buy from you when they find out you lied.

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The vagueness of “about us” pages

Monday, 29 September 2008  

Jokob Nielsen concludes that the usability of website “about us” pages has actually decreased over the last five years, asserting that many organisations prefer to spin weasel words and marketing bullshit instead of offering an honest and concise summary of what they actually do.


Spam still thriving

Monday, 22 September 2008  

Here’s a scary statistic.

According to a recent survey by Marshal, almost 30% of internet users have purchased the following from spam, which manages to find its way into their inboxes:

  • pornographic material
  • fake watches and designer goods
  • cheap drugs and prescription medicines
  • pirated software

That’s a staggering one in three users who support these criminals by buying their garbage.


Still partying like it’s 1999

Monday, 15 September 2008  

Q: Who gives you a clear picture of what’s going on in the business community by helping you instantly visualize and understand the relationships that drive decisions and create opportunities?

A: Marketvisual do, that’s who!

But only if you use IE, running on Windows. Try searching their people directory using anything other than IE and you’ll get this:

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