Alertbox - Most Popular Articles (updated 31 Mar 2005) This table shows the number of backlinks to each article published in Jakob Nielsens Alertbox articles. This is not a measure of how many people have read each article, but it does give a good idea of how many people thought the article was worth linking to. See other Alertbox analysis tables 320 articles 7,181 backlinks average of 22 backlinks per article. Key: above average, below average

01 May 1996 Alertbox  352 (4.90%) view backlinks Top ten mistakes of Web design

01 Oct 1997 Alertbox  280 (3.90%) view backlinks How people read on the Web

30 May 1999 Alertbox  184 (2.56%) view backlinks The top ten new mistakes of web design

29 Oct 2000 Alertbox  174 (2.42%) view backlinks Flash: 99% Bad

06 Dec 2004 Alertbox  173 (2.41%) view backlinks The Most Hated Advertising Techniques

22 Dec 2003 Alertbox  158 (2.20%) view backlinks Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2003

01 Dec 1996 Alertbox  148 (2.06%) view backlinks Why frames suck most of the time

11 Aug 2003 Alertbox  147 (2.05%) view backlinks Information Pollution

23 Dec 2002 Alertbox  137 (1.91%) view backlinks Top Ten Web-Design Mistakes of 2002

02 May 1999 Alertbox  126 (1.75%) view backlinks Top Ten Mistakes revisited three years later

25 Aug 2003 Alertbox  109 (1.52%) view backlinks Usability 101

10 Nov 2003 Alertbox  106 (1.48%) view backlinks The Ten Most Violated Homepage Design Guidelines

14 Jul 2003 Alertbox  105 (1.46%) view backlinks PDF: Unfit for Human Consumption

19 Mar 2000 Alertbox  98 (1.36%) view backlinks Why you only need to test with 5 users

14 Jun 1998 Alertbox  96 (1.34%) view backlinks Fighting linkrot

12 May 2002 Alertbox  95 (1.32%) view backlinks Top Ten Guidelines for Homepage Usability

15 Mar 1997 Alertbox  90 (1.25%) view backlinks Be succinct: how to write for the Web

06 Sep 1998 Alertbox  89 (1.24%) view backlinks Microcontent: writing headlines, page titles, and email subject lines

03 Oct 1999 Alertbox  65 (0.91%) view backlinks Ten good deeds in web design

01 Jul 1997 Alertbox  60 (0.84%) view backlinks Effective use of style sheets

08 Sep 2003 Alertbox  60 (0.84%) view backlinks Misconceptions About Usability

12 Apr 2004 Alertbox  60 (0.84%) view backlinks Why Mobile Phones are Annoying

01 Jun 1996 Alertbox  59 (0.82%) view backlinks How to write inverted pyramids in cyberspace

30 Sep 2002 Alertbox  58 (0.81%) view backlinks Email Newsletters Pick Up Where Websites Leave Off

21 Mar 1999 Alertbox  56 (0.78%) view backlinks URL as UI

07 Jan 2003 Alertbox  55 (0.77%) view backlinks Return on Investment for Usability

09 Jan 2000 Alertbox  54 (0.75%) view backlinks Is navigation useful?

03 Mar 2002 Alertbox  53 (0.74%) view backlinks Deep Linking is Good Linking

24 Jan 1999 Alertbox  52 (0.72%) view backlinks The difference between print design and Web design

01 Mar 1997 Alertbox  51 (0.71%) view backlinks The need for download speed

10 May 2004 Alertbox  51 (0.71%) view backlinks Guidelines for Visualizing Links

14 May 2000 Alertbox  50 (0.70%) view backlinks Eyetracking Study of Web Readers

25 Jan 1998 Alertbox  46 (0.64%) view backlinks The case for micro-payments

05 Aug 2001 Alertbox  46 (0.64%) view backlinks First Rule of Usability? Don't Listen to Users

14 Nov 1999 Alertbox  46 (0.64%) view backlinks When bad design becomes the standard

15 Jun 1997 Alertbox  45 (0.63%) view backlinks Top ten mistakes of Web management

30 Jun 2003 Alertbox  45 (0.63%) view backlinks Information Foraging: Why Google Makes People Leave Your Site Faster

23 Jul 2000 Alertbox  45 (0.63%) view backlinks End of Web design

03 Jan 2005 Alertbox  45 (0.63%) view backlinks Reviving Advanced Hypertext

19 Aug 2002 Alertbox  42 (0.58%) view backlinks Let Users Control Font Size

11 Jan 1998 Alertbox  40 (0.56%) view backlinks Using link titles to help users predict where they are going

06 Jan 2002 Alertbox  40 (0.56%) view backlinks Site Map Usability

16 Aug 2004 Alertbox  39 (0.54%) view backlinks When Search Engines Become Answer Engines

15 Jul 1997 Alertbox  39 (0.54%) view backlinks Search usability

25 Oct 2004 Alertbox  39 (0.54%) view backlinks User Education Is Not the Answer to Security Problems

13 Sep 2004 Alertbox  38 (0.53%) view backlinks The Need for Web Design Standards

01 Oct 1997 Sidebar  38 (0.53%) view backlinks Why Web Users Scan Instead of Read

01 Dec 1995 Alertbox  38 (0.53%) view backlinks Guidelines for multimedia on the Web

05 Jan 2004 Alertbox  36 (0.50%) view backlinks Ten Steps for Cleaning Up Information Pollution

14 Apr 2002 Alertbox  36 (0.50%) view backlinks Kids Corner: Website Usability for Children

15 Sep 1997 Alertbox  36 (0.50%) view backlinks Difference between intranet and Internet design

30 Aug 2004 Alertbox  36 (0.50%) view backlinks Mastery, Mystery, and Misery: The Ideologies of Web Design

13 Jun 1999 Alertbox  35 (0.49%) view backlinks Disabled accessibility: the pragmatic approach

03 May 2004 Alertbox  33 (0.46%) view backlinks Change the Color of Visited Links

17 Feb 2004 Alertbox  33 (0.46%) view backlinks Targeted Email Newsletters Show Continued Strength

09 Dec 2002 Alertbox  33 (0.46%) view backlinks In the Future, We'll All Be Harry Potter

25 Nov 2002 Alertbox  33 (0.46%) view backlinks Flash and Web-Based Applications

24 Feb 2001 Alertbox  32 (0.45%) view backlinks Are Users Stupid?

08 Dec 2003 Alertbox  31 (0.43%) view backlinks Automated Email From Websites to Customers

01 Dec 1997 Alertbox  31 (0.43%) view backlinks Changes in Web usability since 1994

11 Nov 2001 Alertbox  31 (0.43%) view backlinks Beyond Accessibility: Treating Users with Disabilities as People

11 Nov 2002 Alertbox  30 (0.42%) view backlinks Intranet Usability: The Trillion-Dollar Question

22 Nov 2004 Alertbox  30 (0.42%) view backlinks Undoing the Industrial Revolution

27 Sep 2004 Alertbox  29 (0.40%) view backlinks Checkboxes vs. Radio Buttons

01 Sep 1997 Alertbox  29 (0.40%) view backlinks Why advertising doesn't work on the Web

10 Jun 2001 Alertbox  28 (0.39%) view backlinks Avoid PDF for On-Screen Reading

20 Sep 2004 Alertbox  28 (0.39%) view backlinks Bush vs. Kerry: Email Newsletters Rated

01 Apr 1997 Sidebar  27 (0.38%) view backlinks Zipf Curves and Website Popularity

15 Nov 1998 Alertbox  27 (0.38%) view backlinks 2D is better than 3D

15 Mar 2004 Alertbox  27 (0.38%) view backlinks Why Consumer Products Have Inferior User Experience

01 Mar 2004 Alertbox  27 (0.38%) view backlinks Risks of Quantitative Studies

01 Nov 1996 Alertbox  26 (0.36%) view backlinks Marginalia of Web design: page titles, colored text, and thumbnail images

07 Mar 1999 Alertbox  26 (0.36%) view backlinks Trust or Bust: Communicating trustworthiness in web design

03 Sep 2002 Alertbox  26 (0.36%) view backlinks Ten Best Intranets of 2002

28 Apr 2003 Alertbox  26 (0.36%) view backlinks Will Plain-Text Ads Continue to Rule?

29 Nov 1998 Alertbox  25 (0.35%) view backlinks The value of keeping pages alive forever

01 May 1997 Alertbox  25 (0.35%) view backlinks The difference between Web design and GUI design

10 Feb 2003 Alertbox  25 (0.35%) view backlinks Homepage Real Estate Allocation

21 Apr 2003 Alertbox  25 (0.35%) view backlinks Low-End Media for User Empowerment

13 May 2001 Alertbox  24 (0.33%) view backlinks Search: Visible and Simple

18 Apr 1999 Alertbox  24 (0.33%) view backlinks Stuck with old browsers until 2003

14 Oct 2002 Alertbox  24 (0.33%) view backlinks Making Flash Usable for Users With Disabilities

02 Jun 2003 Alertbox  23 (0.32%) view backlinks Usability For $200

12 Nov 2000 Alertbox  22 (0.31%) view backlinks Drop-Down Menus: Use Sparingly

19 May 2003 Alertbox  22 (0.31%) view backlinks Convincing Clients to Pay for Usability

14 Apr 2003 Alertbox  22 (0.31%) view backlinks Paper Prototyping: Getting User Data Before You Code

02 Sep 2001 Alertbox  21 (0.29%) view backlinks Designing Web Ads Using Click-Through Data

07 Jul 2002 Alertbox  21 (0.29%) view backlinks User Empowerment and the Fun Factor

01 Oct 1996 Alertbox  21 (0.29%) view backlinks Web access for disabled users

03 Mar 2003 Alertbox  21 (0.29%) view backlinks Persuasive Design: New Captology Book

12 Dec 1999 Alertbox  21 (0.29%) view backlinks Voodoo usability

02 Feb 2004 Alertbox  21 (0.29%) view backlinks Keep Online Surveys Short

10 Dec 2000 Alertbox  20 (0.28%) view backlinks WAP Field Study Findings

04 Oct 1998 Alertbox  20 (0.28%) view backlinks Personalization is over-rated

28 Apr 2002 Alertbox  20 (0.28%) view backlinks Usability for Senior Citizens

15 Aug 1997 Alertbox  20 (0.28%) view backlinks Community is dead; long live mega-collaboration

08 Mar 1998 Alertbox  20 (0.28%) view backlinks Better than Reality: A fundamental Internet principle

25 Nov 2001 Alertbox  19 (0.26%) view backlinks 10 Best Intranet Designs of 2001

09 Jul 2000 Alertbox  19 (0.26%) view backlinks WAP backlash

22 Mar 1998 Alertbox  19 (0.26%) view backlinks The increasing conservatism of Web users

16 May 1999 Alertbox  18 (0.25%) view backlinks Who commits the Top Ten Mistakes in web design?

17 Oct 1999 Alertbox  18 (0.25%) view backlinks Prioritize: Good content bubbles to the top

16 Apr 2000 Alertbox  18 (0.25%) view backlinks Reset and Cancel buttons

25 Jul 1999 Alertbox  18 (0.25%) view backlinks Metcalfes Law in reverse

20 Aug 2000 Alertbox  18 (0.25%) view backlinks Mailing list usability

24 May 2004 Alertbox  17 (0.24%) view backlinks Thirty Years With Computers

18 Oct 1998 Alertbox  17 (0.24%) view backlinks Failure of corporate websites

05 Apr 1998 Alertbox  17 (0.24%) view backlinks Nielsen's Law of Internet bandwidth: it grows by 50% per year

26 Jul 1998 Alertbox  17 (0.24%) view backlinks Electronic books - a bad idea

19 Aug 2001 Alertbox  17 (0.24%) view backlinks Did Poor Usability Kill E-Commerce?

07 Feb 1999 Alertbox  17 (0.24%) view backlinks Why people shop on the Web

27 Oct 2003 Alertbox  17 (0.24%) view backlinks About Us - Presenting Information About an Organization on Its Website

31 Mar 2003 Alertbox  17 (0.24%) view backlinks Intranet Portals: A Tool Metaphor for Corporate Information

24 Dec 2000 Alertbox  17 (0.24%) view backlinks The Web in 2001: Paying Customers

28 Jul 2003 Alertbox  17 (0.24%) view backlinks Gateway Pages Prevent PDF Shock

15 Apr 1997 Alertbox  16 (0.22%) view backlinks Do websites have increasing returns? (how important is it to be a big site?)

25 Jun 2000 Alertbox  16 (0.22%) view backlinks The Network is the User Experience: Microsoft's .NET announcement

01 Oct 2000 Alertbox  16 (0.22%) view backlinks Content Creation for Average People

06 Jul 2004 Alertbox  16 (0.22%) view backlinks Beyond the Buy Button in E-Commerce

05 Sep 1999 Alertbox  16 (0.22%) view backlinks Reputation managers are finally happening

07 Jun 2004 Alertbox  16 (0.22%) view backlinks Remote Control Anarchy

29 Sep 2003 Alertbox  16 (0.22%) view backlinks Alertbox #200

03 May 1998 Alertbox  16 (0.22%) view backlinks Cost of user testing a website

21 Jan 2001 Alertbox  16 (0.22%) view backlinks Usability Metrics

24 Feb 2003 Alertbox  16 (0.22%) view backlinks Employee Directory Search: Resolving Conflicting Usability Guidelines

18 Feb 2001 Alertbox  16 (0.22%) view backlinks Success Rate: The Simplest Usability Metric

09 Aug 1998 Alertbox  16 (0.22%) view backlinks The Web usage paradox: Why do people use something this bad?

13 Oct 2003 Alertbox  16 (0.22%) view backlinks Ten Best Intranets of 2003

01 Apr 2001 Alertbox  15 (0.21%) view backlinks Corporate Websites Get a D in PR

18 Aug 2003 Alertbox  15 (0.21%) view backlinks Mobile Devices: One Generation From Useful

28 Oct 2002 Alertbox  15 (0.21%) view backlinks Celebrating Holidays and Special Occasions on Websites

02 Aug 2004 Alertbox  15 (0.21%) view backlinks Deceivingly Strong Information Scent Costs Sales

20 Feb 2000 Alertbox  15 (0.21%) view backlinks Does the Internet make us lonely?

10 Jan 1999 Alertbox  15 (0.21%) view backlinks Collecting feedback from users of a Web archive (reader challenge)

04 Apr 1999 Alertbox  14 (0.19%) view backlinks Intranet portals: the corporate information infrastructure

17 May 1998 Alertbox  14 (0.19%) view backlinks Using greeked layouts to test page templates

17 Mar 2003 Alertbox  14 (0.19%) view backlinks Do Productivity Increases Generate Economic Gains?

14 Jun 1998 Sidebar  14 (0.19%) view backlinks Improving the Dreaded 404 Error Message

05 May 2003 Alertbox  14 (0.19%) view backlinks Making Web Advertisements Work

16 Jun 2003 Alertbox  14 (0.19%) view backlinks Diversity is Power for Specialized Sites

07 Apr 2003 Alertbox  14 (0.19%) view backlinks Alternative Interfaces for Accessibility

22 Jul 2002 Alertbox  14 (0.19%) view backlinks Becoming a Usability Professional

19 Jul 2004 Alertbox  14 (0.19%) view backlinks Card Sorting: How Many Users to Test

01 Feb 1997 Alertbox  14 (0.19%) view backlinks WebTV usability review

01 Feb 1996 Alertbox  13 (0.18%) view backlinks In defense of paper

26 Apr 2004 Alertbox  13 (0.18%) view backlinks B2B: Help Your Fans Convince Their Bosses

06 Sep 2004 Alertbox  13 (0.18%) view backlinks Preparing for the Holiday Shopping Season

08 Feb 1998 Alertbox  13 (0.18%) view backlinks The Reputation Manager

11 Jul 1999 Sidebar  13 (0.18%) view backlinks Affiliates Programs

06 Feb 2000 Alertbox  13 (0.18%) view backlinks Novice vs. expert users

22 Aug 1999 Alertbox  13 (0.18%) view backlinks Do interface standards stifle design creativity?

20 Sep 1998 Alertbox  13 (0.18%) view backlinks Does Internet = Web?

01 Oct 1997 Sidebar  13 (0.18%) view backlinks Measuring the Usability of Reading on the Web

15 Apr 2001 Alertbox  13 (0.18%) view backlinks Collect, Compare, Choose: The 3Cs of Critical Web Use

29 Mar 2004 Alertbox  12 (0.17%) view backlinks Productivity in the Service Economy

26 Nov 2000 Alertbox  12 (0.17%) view backlinks Security & Human Factors

19 Sep 1999 Alertbox  12 (0.17%) view backlinks User-supportive Internet architecture

24 Jun 2002 Alertbox  12 (0.17%) view backlinks Improving Usability Guideline Compliance

03 Feb 2002 Alertbox  12 (0.17%) view backlinks Avoiding Commodity Status

01 Aug 1997 Alertbox  12 (0.17%) view backlinks Loyalty on the Web

06 Aug 2000 Alertbox  12 (0.17%) view backlinks Why Doc Searls Doesnt Sell Any Books

16 Sep 2002 Alertbox  12 (0.17%) view backlinks Offshore Usability

26 May 2002 Alertbox  11 (0.15%) view backlinks Supporting Multiple-Location Users

30 May 1999 Comments  11 (0.15%) view backlinks Readers Comments on the new Top-10 Design Mistakes

22 Jul 2001 Alertbox  11 (0.15%) view backlinks Tagline Blues: What's the Site About?

17 Sep 2000 Alertbox  11 (0.15%) view backlinks New Devices Augur Decent Mobile User Experience

01 Aug 1996 Alertbox  11 (0.15%) view backlinks International usability

28 Oct 2001 Alertbox  11 (0.15%) view backlinks Poor Code Quality Contaminates Users Conceptual Models

29 Apr 2001 Alertbox  11 (0.15%) view backlinks Japanese Products Map the Mobile Road Ahead

08 Nov 2004 Alertbox  11 (0.15%) view backlinks Acting on User Research

11 Jul 1999 Alertbox  10 (0.14%) view backlinks Web research: Believe the data

21 Jun 2004 Alertbox  10 (0.14%) view backlinks Ten Best Government Intranets

20 Dec 2004 Alertbox  10 (0.14%) view backlinks Situate Follow-Ups in Context

01 Nov 1998 Alertbox  10 (0.14%) view backlinks Why Yahoo is good (but may get worse)

01 Mar 1997 Sidebar  10 (0.14%) view backlinks Size Limits for Web Pages

15 Feb 1997 Alertbox  10 (0.14%) view backlinks TV vs. computers as Web media

18 Feb 2003 Alertbox  9 (0.13%) view backlinks Investor Relations Website Design

10 Mar 2003 Alertbox  9 (0.13%) view backlinks PR on Websites: Increasing Usability

31 Mar 2002 Alertbox  9 (0.13%) view backlinks Top Research Laboratories in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)

17 Jan 2005 Alertbox  9 (0.13%) view backlinks Durability of Usability Guidelines

28 Nov 1999 Alertbox  9 (0.13%) view backlinks Usability as barrier to entry

08 Aug 1999 Alertbox  9 (0.13%) view backlinks Video and streaming media

20 Jan 2002 Alertbox  9 (0.13%) view backlinks Field Studies Done Right: Fast and Observational

14 Oct 2001 Alertbox  9 (0.13%) view backlinks The End of Homemade Websites

24 Jun 2001 Alertbox  8 (0.11%) view backlinks Error Message Guidelines

01 Sep 1995 Alertbox  8 (0.11%) view backlinks Trying to kill a meme for the growth of the Web

23 Jan 2000 Alertbox  8 (0.11%) view backlinks Saying No: How to handle missing features

03 Sep 2000 Alertbox  8 (0.11%) view backlinks Regulatory usability

23 Aug 2004 Alertbox  8 (0.11%) view backlinks Informational Articles Must Ask For the Order

27 Jan 2003 Alertbox  8 (0.11%) view backlinks Voice Interfaces: Assessing the Potential

15 Sep 2003 Alertbox  8 (0.11%) view backlinks Time to Make Tech Work

07 Jan 2001 Alertbox  8 (0.11%) view backlinks Mobile Phones: Europe's Next Minitel?

15 Oct 2000 Alertbox  8 (0.11%) view backlinks Request Marketing

11 Oct 2004 Alertbox  8 (0.11%) view backlinks Newsletter Usability: Can a Professional Publisher Do Better?

28 Jun 1998 Alertbox  8 (0.11%) view backlinks Should you outsource Web design?

20 Jan 2003 Alertbox  8 (0.11%) view backlinks Recruiting Test Participants for Usability Studies

27 May 2001 Alertbox  8 (0.11%) view backlinks Salary Survey: User Experience Professionals Earn Good Money

05 Aug 2002 Alertbox  8 (0.11%) view backlinks Making the Physical Environment Interactive

01 Sep 1996 Alertbox  8 (0.11%) view backlinks The rise of the sub-site

04 Oct 1998 Sidebar  8 (0.11%) view backlinks The Paradox of the Active User

15 May 1997 Alertbox  8 (0.11%) view backlinks The telephone is the best metaphor for the Web

27 Jun 1999 Alertbox  8 (0.11%) view backlinks Content integration

01 Jan 1998 Alertbox  7 (0.10%) view backlinks Predictions for the Web in 1998

11 Jun 2000 Alertbox  7 (0.10%) view backlinks Customers as designers

27 Dec 1998 Alertbox  7 (0.10%) view backlinks Predictions for the Web in 1999

19 Jan 2004 Alertbox  7 (0.10%) view backlinks How Big is the Difference Between Websites?

01 Jun 1997 Alertbox  7 (0.10%) view backlinks The fallacy of atypical examples like Yahoo, Wall St. Journal, Disney, and Amazon

28 May 2000 Alertbox  7 (0.10%) view backlinks Alertbox Five years retrospective

12 Jul 1998 Alertbox  7 (0.10%) view backlinks Impact of data quality on the Web user experience

31 Oct 1999 Alertbox  7 (0.10%) view backlinks Graceful degradation of scalable Internet services

23 Dec 2001 Alertbox  7 (0.10%) view backlinks User Payments: Predictions for 2001 Revisited

16 Sep 2001 Alertbox  7 (0.10%) view backlinks Mobile Devices Will Soon Be Useful

09 Jun 2002 Alertbox  7 (0.10%) view backlinks Reduce Redundancy: Decrease Duplicated Design Decisions

01 Aug 1995 Sidebar  7 (0.10%) view backlinks The Human Factors of Password Security

22 Feb 1998 Alertbox  6 (0.08%) view backlinks Tracking the growth of a site

01 Sep 1997 Sidebar  6 (0.08%) view backlinks Classified Advertising: A Web Success

01 Jul 1997 Sidebar  6 (0.08%) view backlinks Style Sheets vs. Frames as Web Extensions

01 Jan 1997 Alertbox  6 (0.08%) view backlinks Trends for the Web in 1997

23 Aug 1998 Alertbox  6 (0.08%) view backlinks The end of legacy media (newspapers, magazines, books, TV networks)

01 Jul 1996 Alertbox  6 (0.08%) view backlinks A review of Slate Magazine

08 Jul 2001 Alertbox  6 (0.08%) view backlinks Helping Users Find Physical Locations

17 Jan 1999 Alertbox  6 (0.08%) view backlinks Give me your billions: Internet stock valuation and future user characteristics

18 Mar 2001 Alertbox  6 (0.08%) view backlinks Stationary Mobility

09 Dec 2001 Alertbox  6 (0.08%) view backlinks DVD Menu Design: The Failures of Web Design Recreated Yet Again

13 Dec 1998 Alertbox  5 (0.07%) view backlinks Bill Gates' shopping list to build the Internet Desktop

17 Mar 2002 Alertbox  5 (0.07%) view backlinks Protecting the Users Mailbox

01 Aug 1995 Alertbox  5 (0.07%) view backlinks Directions for online publishing

01 Nov 1997 Alertbox  5 (0.07%) view backlinks The Tyranny of the Page: continued lack of decent navigation support in Version 4 browsers

17 Feb 2002 Alertbox  5 (0.07%) view backlinks Official Winter Olympics Site: Not Even Bronze

30 Apr 2000 Alertbox  5 (0.07%) view backlinks Finally progress in Internet client design

01 Oct 2000 Comments  5 (0.07%) view backlinks Readers Comments on Content Creation for Average People

02 Apr 2000 Alertbox