Archive for the ‘Rants’ Category

The Nokia – Blackwell Briggs – Conspiracy For Good – Crap Viral Campaign

Sunday, May 23, 2010 19:03 8 Comments

So, this isn’t my main post for this week (I’ll post something serious later this week), but I recently became aware of some horrible-ness on Youtube that warranted further investigation. I don’t profess to be an expert on viral marketing, but if I was going to create a viral video campaign, it would be NOTHING like [...]

This was posted under category: General, Rants

Why Google Just Can’t Suggest

Monday, May 3, 2010 10:57 8 Comments

Part 1 – Introduction Earlier this year, there were a spate of posts regarding Google’s Search Suggestions and how utterly, utterly terrible they are for UK users. I’m talking about both the AJAX suggestion feature when entering a search term (AKA Google Suggest) and the “did you mean” suggestions once you have searched. Some of the [...]

This was posted under category: Rants, SEO

No Ryanair, Me Speak English

Saturday, April 3, 2010 10:01 1 Comment

So, a little over a year ago (doesn’t time fly?) Jason Roe posted a piece on his blog about a bug in the Ryanair flight booking system. In case you missed the post, you can read it here. Now although it’s obviously not a great user experience if your customers click a few links and [...]

This was posted under category: Rants, Usability and Conversion