For Customer Experience Professionals (Length: 20 pages)

May 26, 2009

Top 10 Web Design Fixes For Improving Business Results

by Harley Manning

with Richard Gans, Andrew McInnes, Angela Beckers


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

The overwhelming majority of today's Web sites suffer from design flaws. These problems hurt the business by making it hard for customers to achieve goals like buying products, opening an account, or using self-service features. To make it easy for site owners to find and fix these flaws, Forrester selected 10 tests out of the 25 tests in our Web Site Review methodology. We did this by putting our criteria through three screens: 1) failed by more than 50% of the 1,228 sites we've tested to date; 2) proven impact on business results; and 3) relatively easy to conduct — even if you're not a usability expert. To get full value from these 10 tests, companies should list their site business goals and the corresponding customer goals and then review parts of their sites that support these complementary objectives.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemIt's Time For Triage

itemYour Site Probably Has These Problems — And You Can Do Something About It

itemHow To Test Your Site For Top Usability Flaws

itemValue: How Well Your Site Meets User Needs

itemNavigation: How Easy It Is To Find Value

itemPresentation: How Easy It Is To Make Use Of Value

itemTrust: How Well Your Site Builds Confidence

recommendations

itemImprove Business Results By Improving Your Site's Customer Experience

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester placed the 25 tests in its Web Site Review methodology through three screens to select 10 tests that are failed by most sites, identify problems that have a proven impact on ROI, and are relatively easy to conduct.

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Analyst: Harley Manning
Technology: Customer Experience, Customer Experience Management, Design & Usability Processes, Web Site Design
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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