links for 2008-06-03

"We just want to know how you prefer your text - Please take a few moments to let us know what makes text most 'readable' for you..."

Delighted yesterday to find out that I shall be speaking there, about search, news and newspapers, with a pan-European survey of who is doing what well, and my ideas on how to distinguish your site search from what Google offers.

Sometimes the lo-fi sitemap is still a winner when it comes to navigation...

Excellent 8 point list with easy instruction to help newbies (and forgetful old hands) check some key aspects of their web site's performance.

"They didn't change the logo, they didn't change the home page, they didn't change the results page, they didn't change the ooooooo's. They just changed sixteen square pixels and created a stir. Now that's branding."

"Searches for games cheats and tips often return a number of results for low quality websites full of splash ads, screensaver popups, and a lot of black backgrounds. However, in the case of Mahalo, you get an excellent all round guide to the game."

"May was a good month for social-news site Mixx. At the beginning of the month, CNN put 'Mixx it' buttons at the end of every article on its site. Consequently, the number of unique visitors more than doubled". Nice to see someone come out with figures

Mike Butcher aims both barrels at the BBC, with a heathy sideswipe at 'whining' commercial newspapers for good measure :-)