Alertbox - Most Talked About Articles (updated 31 Mar 2005) This table shows the number of Usenet links 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 talking about to. See other Alertbox analysis tables 320 articles 5,161 usenet links average of 16 usenet links per article. Key: above average, below average

01 Dec 1996 Alertbox  890 (17.24%) view usenet links Why frames suck most of the time

30 May 1999 Alertbox  472 (9.15%) view usenet links The top ten new mistakes of web design

01 May 1996 Alertbox  424 (8.22%) view usenet links Top ten mistakes of Web design

29 Oct 2000 Alertbox  261 (5.06%) view usenet links Flash: 99% Bad

23 Dec 2002 Alertbox  251 (4.86%) view usenet links Top Ten Web-Design Mistakes of 2002

02 May 1999 Alertbox  194 (3.76%) view usenet links Top Ten Mistakes revisited three years later

03 Oct 1999 Alertbox  147 (2.85%) view usenet links Ten good deeds in web design

09 Jan 2000 Alertbox  132 (2.56%) view usenet links Is navigation useful?

30 May 1999 Comments  119 (2.31%) view usenet links Readers Comments on the new Top-10 Design Mistakes

01 Oct 1997 Alertbox  108 (2.09%) view usenet links How people read on the Web

14 Nov 1999 Alertbox  89 (1.72%) view usenet links When bad design becomes the standard

11 Jan 1998 Alertbox  85 (1.65%) view usenet links Using link titles to help users predict where they are going

14 Jul 2003 Alertbox  69 (1.34%) view usenet links PDF: Unfit for Human Consumption

21 Mar 1999 Alertbox  67 (1.30%) view usenet links URL as UI

24 Jan 1999 Alertbox  65 (1.26%) view usenet links The difference between print design and Web design

10 Jun 2001 Alertbox  60 (1.16%) view usenet links Avoid PDF for On-Screen Reading

18 Apr 1999 Alertbox  59 (1.14%) view usenet links Stuck with old browsers until 2003

16 Apr 2000 Alertbox  58 (1.12%) view usenet links Reset and Cancel buttons

01 Mar 1997 Alertbox  55 (1.07%) view usenet links The need for download speed

01 Nov 1996 Alertbox  52 (1.01%) view usenet links Marginalia of Web design: page titles, colored text, and thumbnail images

14 May 2000 Alertbox  48 (0.93%) view usenet links Eyetracking Study of Web Readers

06 Sep 1998 Alertbox  43 (0.83%) view usenet links Microcontent: writing headlines, page titles, and email subject lines

01 Dec 1997 Alertbox  43 (0.83%) view usenet links Changes in Web usability since 1994

15 Jun 1997 Alertbox  40 (0.78%) view usenet links Top ten mistakes of Web management

10 May 2004 Alertbox  38 (0.74%) view usenet links Guidelines for Visualizing Links

16 May 1999 Alertbox  37 (0.72%) view usenet links Who commits the Top Ten Mistakes in web design?

19 Aug 2002 Alertbox  36 (0.70%) view usenet links Let Users Control Font Size

15 Mar 1997 Alertbox  34 (0.66%) view usenet links Be succinct: how to write for the Web

12 Nov 2000 Alertbox  34 (0.66%) view usenet links Drop-Down Menus: Use Sparingly

01 May 1997 Alertbox  32 (0.62%) view usenet links The difference between Web design and GUI design

23 Jul 2000 Alertbox  31 (0.60%) view usenet links End of Web design

01 Feb 1997 Alertbox  30 (0.58%) view usenet links WebTV usability review

03 May 2004 Alertbox  30 (0.58%) view usenet links Change the Color of Visited Links

01 Sep 1997 Alertbox  30 (0.58%) view usenet links Why advertising doesn't work on the Web

20 Aug 2000 Alertbox  29 (0.56%) view usenet links Mailing list usability

22 Mar 1998 Alertbox  29 (0.56%) view usenet links The increasing conservatism of Web users

22 Dec 2003 Alertbox  28 (0.54%) view usenet links Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2003

24 Feb 2001 Alertbox  28 (0.54%) view usenet links Are Users Stupid?

14 Jun 1998 Alertbox  25 (0.48%) view usenet links Fighting linkrot

05 Aug 2001 Alertbox  20 (0.39%) view usenet links First Rule of Usability? Don't Listen to Users

10 Nov 2003 Alertbox  20 (0.39%) view usenet links The Ten Most Violated Homepage Design Guidelines

03 Mar 2002 Alertbox  20 (0.39%) view usenet links Deep Linking is Good Linking

09 Dec 2001 Alertbox  20 (0.39%) view usenet links DVD Menu Design: The Failures of Web Design Recreated Yet Again

12 May 2002 Alertbox  20 (0.39%) view usenet links Top Ten Guidelines for Homepage Usability

01 Jul 1997 Sidebar  19 (0.37%) view usenet links Style Sheets vs. Frames as Web Extensions

01 Oct 1996 Alertbox  18 (0.35%) view usenet links Web access for disabled users

05 Apr 1998 Alertbox  17 (0.33%) view usenet links Nielsen's Law of Internet bandwidth: it grows by 50% per year

01 Nov 1997 Alertbox  15 (0.29%) view usenet links The Tyranny of the Page: continued lack of decent navigation support in Version 4 browsers

01 Jul 1997 Alertbox  15 (0.29%) view usenet links Effective use of style sheets

25 Nov 2002 Alertbox  15 (0.29%) view usenet links Flash and Web-Based Applications

13 Jun 1999 Alertbox  14 (0.27%) view usenet links Disabled accessibility: the pragmatic approach

19 Aug 2001 Alertbox  14 (0.27%) view usenet links Did Poor Usability Kill E-Commerce?

11 Jul 1999 Alertbox  14 (0.27%) view usenet links Web research: Believe the data

17 May 1998 Alertbox  13 (0.25%) view usenet links Using greeked layouts to test page templates

06 Jan 2002 Alertbox  13 (0.25%) view usenet links Site Map Usability

19 Mar 2000 Alertbox  13 (0.25%) view usenet links Why you only need to test with 5 users

28 Oct 2001 Alertbox  13 (0.25%) view usenet links Poor Code Quality Contaminates Users Conceptual Models

01 Mar 1997 Sidebar  13 (0.25%) view usenet links Size Limits for Web Pages

10 Dec 2000 Alertbox  13 (0.25%) view usenet links WAP Field Study Findings

29 Nov 1998 Alertbox  12 (0.23%) view usenet links The value of keeping pages alive forever

14 Jun 1998 Sidebar  12 (0.23%) view usenet links Improving the Dreaded 404 Error Message

30 Apr 2000 Alertbox  12 (0.23%) view usenet links Finally progress in Internet client design

08 Aug 1999 Alertbox  12 (0.23%) view usenet links Video and streaming media

01 Jun 1996 Alertbox  11 (0.21%) view usenet links How to write inverted pyramids in cyberspace

01 Dec 1995 Alertbox  11 (0.21%) view usenet links Guidelines for multimedia on the Web

06 Aug 2000 Alertbox  10 (0.19%) view usenet links Why Doc Searls Doesnt Sell Any Books

28 Apr 2002 Alertbox  10 (0.19%) view usenet links Usability for Senior Citizens

25 Jul 1999 Alertbox  10 (0.19%) view usenet links Metcalfes Law in reverse

25 Jan 1998 Alertbox  10 (0.19%) view usenet links The case for micro-payments

22 Jul 2001 Alertbox  9 (0.17%) view usenet links Tagline Blues: What's the Site About?

01 Jul 1995 Alertbox  9 (0.17%) view usenet links The future of Web browsers and their navigation support features

01 Aug 1996 Alertbox  9 (0.17%) view usenet links International usability

01 Sep 1996 Alertbox  9 (0.17%) view usenet links The rise of the sub-site

11 Nov 2001 Alertbox  9 (0.17%) view usenet links Beyond Accessibility: Treating Users with Disabilities as People

28 May 2000 Alertbox  9 (0.17%) view usenet links Alertbox Five years retrospective

07 Mar 1999 Alertbox  8 (0.16%) view usenet links Trust or Bust: Communicating trustworthiness in web design

01 Oct 1997 Sidebar  8 (0.16%) view usenet links Why Web Users Scan Instead of Read

28 Apr 2003 Alertbox  8 (0.16%) view usenet links Will Plain-Text Ads Continue to Rule?

01 Nov 1998 Alertbox  8 (0.16%) view usenet links Why Yahoo is good (but may get worse)

28 Nov 1999 Alertbox  8 (0.16%) view usenet links Usability as barrier to entry

15 Oct 1997 Alertbox  8 (0.16%) view usenet links Functionality applets vs. content applets: when to step outside the Web page

18 Oct 1998 Alertbox  7 (0.14%) view usenet links Failure of corporate websites

14 Oct 2002 Alertbox  7 (0.14%) view usenet links Making Flash Usable for Users With Disabilities

03 Feb 2002 Alertbox  7 (0.14%) view usenet links Avoiding Commodity Status

18 Mar 2001 Alertbox  6 (0.12%) view usenet links Stationary Mobility

10 Feb 2003 Alertbox  6 (0.12%) view usenet links Homepage Real Estate Allocation

03 Sep 2000 Alertbox  6 (0.12%) view usenet links Regulatory usability

15 May 1997 Alertbox  6 (0.12%) view usenet links The telephone is the best metaphor for the Web

12 Dec 1999 Alertbox  6 (0.12%) view usenet links Voodoo usability

25 Jun 2000 Alertbox  6 (0.12%) view usenet links The Network is the User Experience: Microsoft's .NET announcement

15 Nov 1998 Alertbox  6 (0.12%) view usenet links 2D is better than 3D

30 Sep 2002 Alertbox  6 (0.12%) view usenet links Email Newsletters Pick Up Where Websites Leave Off

28 Oct 2002 Alertbox  6 (0.12%) view usenet links Celebrating Holidays and Special Occasions on Websites

28 Jul 2003 Alertbox  6 (0.12%) view usenet links Gateway Pages Prevent PDF Shock

01 Feb 1996 Alertbox  5 (0.10%) view usenet links In defense of paper

26 Nov 2000 Alertbox  5 (0.10%) view usenet links Security & Human Factors

02 Sep 2001 Alertbox  5 (0.10%) view usenet links Designing Web Ads Using Click-Through Data

09 Jul 2000 Alertbox  5 (0.10%) view usenet links WAP backlash

01 Apr 1997 Sidebar  5 (0.10%) view usenet links Zipf Curves and Website Popularity

17 Mar 2002 Alertbox  5 (0.10%) view usenet links Protecting the Users Mailbox

31 Oct 1999 Alertbox  5 (0.10%) view usenet links Graceful degradation of scalable Internet services

25 Aug 2003 Alertbox  5 (0.10%) view usenet links Usability 101

20 Sep 1998 Alertbox  5 (0.10%) view usenet links Does Internet = Web?

15 Aug 1997 Alertbox  4 (0.08%) view usenet links Community is dead; long live mega-collaboration

27 Dec 1998 Alertbox  4 (0.08%) view usenet links Predictions for the Web in 1999

01 Jan 1997 Sidebar  4 (0.08%) view usenet links Data Lives Forever

01 Jan 1997 Sidebar  4 (0.08%) view usenet links Predictions for 1996 Revisited

13 May 2001 Alertbox  4 (0.08%) view usenet links Search: Visible and Simple

15 Jul 1997 Alertbox  4 (0.08%) view usenet links Search usability

01 Jul 1995 Sidebar  4 (0.08%) view usenet links Two Basic Hypertext Presentation Models

01 Apr 2001 Alertbox  4 (0.08%) view usenet links Corporate Websites Get a D in PR

09 Aug 1998 Alertbox  4 (0.08%) view usenet links The Web usage paradox: Why do people use something this bad?

14 Apr 2002 Alertbox  4 (0.08%) view usenet links Kids Corner: Website Usability for Children

07 Jun 2004 Alertbox  4 (0.08%) view usenet links Remote Control Anarchy

02 Feb 2004 Alertbox  4 (0.08%) view usenet links Keep Online Surveys Short

15 Oct 2000 Alertbox  4 (0.08%) view usenet links Request Marketing

01 Jul 1996 Alertbox  4 (0.08%) view usenet links A review of Slate Magazine

01 Jul 1995 Sidebar  3 (0.06%) view usenet links Features Missing in Current Web Browsers

23 Dec 2001 Alertbox  3 (0.06%) view usenet links User Payments: Predictions for 2001 Revisited

01 Aug 1996 Sidebar  3 (0.06%) view usenet links Flag Problems

08 Jul 2001 Alertbox  3 (0.06%) view usenet links Helping Users Find Physical Locations

29 Apr 2001 Alertbox  3 (0.06%) view usenet links Japanese Products Map the Mobile Road Ahead

19 Apr 1998 Alertbox  3 (0.06%) view usenet links Global Web: Driving the international network economy

28 Jun 1998 Alertbox  3 (0.06%) view usenet links Should you outsource Web design?

26 Jul 1998 Alertbox  3 (0.06%) view usenet links Electronic books - a bad idea

23 Aug 1998 Alertbox  3 (0.06%) view usenet links The end of legacy media (newspapers, magazines, books, TV networks)

13 Dec 1998 Alertbox  3 (0.06%) view usenet links Bill Gates' shopping list to build the Internet Desktop

17 Oct 1999 Alertbox  3 (0.06%) view usenet links Prioritize: Good content bubbles to the top

10 Jan 1999 Alertbox  3 (0.06%) view usenet links Collecting feedback from users of a Web archive (reader challenge)

05 Sep 1999 Alertbox  3 (0.06%) view usenet links Reputation managers are finally happening

22 Aug 1999 Alertbox  3 (0.06%) view usenet links Do interface standards stifle design creativity?

08 Mar 1998 Alertbox  3 (0.06%) view usenet links Better than Reality: A fundamental Internet principle

21 Mar 1999 Comments  3 (0.06%) view usenet links Readers Comments on URL as UI

30 Jun 2003 Alertbox  3 (0.06%) view usenet links Information Foraging: Why Google Makes People Leave Your Site Faster

09 Dec 2002 Alertbox  3 (0.06%) view usenet links In the Future, We'll All Be Harry Potter

28 May 2000 Sidebar  3 (0.06%) view usenet links Boos Demise

01 Nov 1998 Sidebar  3 (0.06%) view usenet links Compute Your Own Web Traffic Rank

24 Jun 2002 Alertbox  3 (0.06%) view usenet links Improving Usability Guideline Compliance

04 Oct 1998 Sidebar  3 (0.06%) view usenet links The Paradox of the Active User

23 Jul 2000 Comments  2 (0.04%) view usenet links Readers Comments on End of Web Design

20 Jan 2003 Alertbox  2 (0.04%) view usenet links Recruiting Test Participants for Usability Studies

19 Sep 1999 Alertbox  2 (0.04%) view usenet links User-supportive Internet architecture

01 Jun 1995 Alertbox  2 (0.04%) view usenet links Warning against pitfalls in Java and HotJava user interfaces

07 Jul 2002 Alertbox  2 (0.04%) view usenet links User Empowerment and the Fun Factor

20 Jan 2002 Alertbox  2 (0.04%) view usenet links Field Studies Done Right: Fast and Observational

24 Dec 2000 Alertbox  2 (0.04%) view usenet links The Web in 2001: Paying Customers

07 Jan 2001 Alertbox  2 (0.04%) view usenet links Mobile Phones: Europe's Next Minitel?

21 Jan 2001 Alertbox  2 (0.04%) view usenet links Usability Metrics

16 Sep 2001 Alertbox  2 (0.04%) view usenet links Mobile Devices Will Soon Be Useful

04 Mar 2001 Alertbox  2 (0.04%) view usenet links Retaining Key Staff: What High-Tech Employees Say versus What They Do

15 Apr 2001 Alertbox  2 (0.04%) view usenet links Collect, Compare, Choose: The 3Cs of Critical Web Use

24 Jun 2001 Alertbox  2 (0.04%) view usenet links Error Message Guidelines

09 Jun 2002 Alertbox  2 (0.04%) view usenet links Reduce Redundancy: Decrease Duplicated Design Decisions

07 Feb 1999 Alertbox  2 (0.04%) view usenet links Why people shop on the Web

07 Jan 2003 Alertbox  2 (0.04%) view usenet links Return on Investment for Usability

15 Feb 1997 Alertbox  2 (0.04%) view usenet links TV vs. computers as Web media

05 May 2003 Alertbox  2 (0.04%) view usenet links Making Web Advertisements Work

01 Apr 1997 Sidebar  2 (0.04%) view usenet links Traffic from Referring Sites

17 Jan 1999 Alertbox  2 (0.04%) view usenet links Give me your billions: Internet stock valuation and future user characteristics

11 Aug 2003 Alertbox  2 (0.04%) view usenet links Information Pollution

08 Feb 1998 Alertbox  2 (0.04%) view usenet links The Reputation Manager

02 Aug 2004 Alertbox  2 (0.04%) view usenet links Deceivingly Strong Information Scent Costs Sales

05 Jan 2004 Alertbox  2 (0.04%) view usenet links Ten Steps for Cleaning Up Information Pollution

15 Apr 1997 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Do websites have increasing returns? (how important is it to be a big site?)

06 Jul 2004 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Beyond the Buy Button in E-Commerce

15 Sep 1997 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Difference between intranet and Internet design

19 Jul 2004 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Card Sorting: How Many Users to Test

16 Aug 2004 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links When Search Engines Become Answer Engines

18 Feb 2001 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Success Rate: The Simplest Usability Metric

20 Feb 2000 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Does the Internet make us lonely?

01 Jan 1997 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Trends for the Web in 1997

01 Jan 1996 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Trends for website survival in 1996: Relationships on the Web

01 Jun 1997 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links The fallacy of atypical examples like Yahoo, Wall St. Journal, Disney, and Amazon

03 May 1998 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Cost of user testing a website

05 Mar 2000 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Profit maximization vs. user loyalty

21 Apr 2003 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Low-End Media for User Empowerment

06 Feb 2000 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Novice vs. expert users

22 Jul 2002 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Becoming a Usability Professional

03 Sep 2002 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Ten Best Intranets of 2002

16 Sep 2002 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Offshore Usability

08 Sep 2003 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Misconceptions About Usability

26 Dec 1999 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Predictions for the Web in 2000

07 Apr 2003 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Alternative Interfaces for Accessibility

04 Apr 1999 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Intranet portals: the corporate information infrastructure

02 Apr 2000 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links The mud-throwing theory of usability

14 Oct 2001 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links The End of Homemade Websites

07 Mar 1999 Comments  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Readers Comments on Web Trust

25 Jan 1998 Sidebar  1 (0.02%) view usenet links User Interfaces for Internet Payments

05 Aug 2002 Alertbox  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Making the Physical Environment Interactive

01 Jun 1997 Sidebar  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Loaded Cost of Employee Time

21 Mar 1999 Sidebar  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Compound Domain Names

01 Jan 1998 Sidebar  1 (0.02%) view usenet links What Will Not Happen in 1998

01 Oct 1997 Sidebar  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Measuring the Usability of Reading on the Web

01 Jul 1995 Sidebar  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Spring-Loaded Modes

10 Jan 1999 Sidebar  1 (0.02%) view usenet links Collecting User Feedback From a Beta-Test Site

22 Feb 1998 Alertbox no usenet links Tracking the growth of a site

28 Jun 1998 Comments no usenet links Readers Comments on Outsourcing Web Design

29 Mar 2004 Alertbox no usenet links Productivity in the Service Economy

12 Apr 2004 Alertbox no usenet links Why Mobile Phones are Annoying

01 Jan 1998 Alertbox no usenet links Predictions for the Web in 1998

26 Apr 2004 Alertbox no usenet links B2B: Help Your Fans Convince Their Bosses

15 Mar 2004 Alertbox no usenet links Why Consumer Products Have Inferior User Experience

24 May 2004 Alertbox no usenet links Thirty Years With Computers

01 Aug 1997 Sidebar no usenet links Too Much Loyalty and Quality May Harm You

21 Jun 2004 Alertbox no usenet links Ten Best Government Intranets

01 Jan 1998 Sidebar no usenet links Predictions for 1997 Revisited

15 Nov 1997 Alertbox no usenet links Book review: Esther Dyson's Release 2.0 gives strategic vision for the network economy

12 Jul 1998 Alertbox no usenet links Impact of data quality on the Web user experience

01 Aug 1997 Sidebar no usenet links Why Site Tourists are Worthless

18 Aug 2003 Alertbox no usenet links Mobile Devices: One Generation From Useful

04 Oct 1998 Alertbox no usenet links Personalization is over-rated

01 Aug 1997 Sidebar no usenet links Frequent-Browser Programs

15 Sep 2003 Alertbox no usenet links Time to Make Tech Work

29 Sep 2003 Alertbox no usenet links Alertbox #200

19 Jan 2004 Alertbox no usenet links How Big is the Difference Between Websites?

27 Oct 2003 Alertbox no usenet links About Us - Presenting Information About an Organization on Its Website

01 Mar 2004 Alertbox no usenet links Risks of Quantitative Studies

24 Nov 2003 Alertbox no usenet links Two Sigma: Usability and Six Sigma Quality Assurance

08 Dec 2003 Alertbox no usenet links Automated Email From Websites to Customers

31 May 1998 Alertbox no usenet links Micro-containers and new distribution networks are an example of strategic thinking and the coming Web patent bonanza

23 Aug 2004 Alertbox no usenet links Informational Articles Must Ask For the Order

01 Sep 1997 Sidebar no usenet links Classified Advertising: A Web Success

17 Feb 2004 Alertbox no usenet links Targeted Email Newsletters Show Continued Strength

13 Oct 2003 Alertbox no usenet links Ten Best Intranets of 2003

17 May 1998 Sidebar no usenet links Solution to the Greeked Page Templates

01 Aug 1997 Alertbox no usenet links Loyalty on the Web

03 Jan 2005 Alertbox no usenet links Reviving Advanced Hypertext

17 Jan 2005 Alertbox no usenet links Durability of Usability Guidelines

31 Jan 2005 Alertbox no usenet links Usability of Websites for Teenagers

01 Apr 1996 Alertbox no usenet links The Web backlash of 1996

06 Dec 2004 Alertbox no usenet links The Most Hated Advertising Techniques

14 Feb 2005 Alertbox no usenet links Authentic Behavior in User Testing

22 Nov 2004 Alertbox no usenet links Undoing the Industrial Revolution

28 Feb 2005 Alertbox no usenet links Ten Best Intranets of 2005

01 Nov 1995 Alertbox no usenet links How much bandwidth is enough?

01 Oct 1995 Alertbox no usenet links Who should you hire to design your website?

01 Sep 1995 Alertbox no usenet links Trying to kill a meme for the growth of the Web

01 Aug 1995 Alertbox no usenet links <