Website Launch: 5 things you should know about EMC.com
There’s no doubt that the new EMC.com is channeling Apple.com’s hyper-sleek design, bold imagery and crisp content – with a decided enterprise twist. Last week we took it for a test drive – and learned five important things. The new EMC.com fared nicely in our latest...
Continue Reading →Microsoft.com takes another whack at a new home page. Is it more than just a pretty new face?
Before the ink even dried on my musings about Microsoft.com’s revolving home page, the team turned around and previewed a shiny new home page. Believe it or not, I’m actually giddy to report that this home page actually improves on the few good things the old page provided —...
Continue Reading →How many home pages do you need? Microsoft says 4.
There’s a little game I play. When I’m thinking of one Website, but my fingers type in the address of a another, I figure it’s the Universe’s way of telling me there is something for me to check out there. Today I thought I was typing “siteIQ.net” (looking for a recent blo...
Continue Reading →5 reasons why HP.com’s Enterprise Website gets it
This week I spent some quality time in HP.com’s new Large Enterprise Business solutions Website – which is the home for its solutions, services software, and industry marketing. It’s also one of the better sites in the business. Here’s five reasons why. Great navigation. The s...
Continue Reading →The NewIQ | What we did. The best practices that inspired it. What it means for you.
April 17, 2012
apple.com, best practice, ca.com, criticalmass.com, Design, hp.com, ibm software group, ibm.com, Usability, website design
Last week we launched the “New IQ”. I think of it as the next evolution of our living lab where we put the best ideas from the best teams we learn from to work – and where we take our own medicine. Let’s just say that there’s nothing like following your own advice to make su...
Continue Reading →Usability: a tale of two cities (and why you should care)
(Part 1 in a blissfully short series) We are putting the final touches on a new report that ranks and rates leading IT Websites based on how effectively they achieve critical design & business goals (at siteIQ we call them usability “dimensions”). You know what those are. Thos...
Continue Reading →2011 Online Support Rankings | Why the biggest aren’t always the best
October 17, 2011
best practice, brocade.com, ca.com, cdw.com, cisco.com, dell.com, emc.com, hp.com, ibm software group, ibm.com, intuit.com, juniper.net, newegg.com, oracle.com, sap.com, sas.com, Support, symantec.com, Usability, website design, website rankings
Given my opinion of support on the Web I was surprised how much the 2011 support evaluations mirroed my (largely poor) opinions of the support sites under the siteIQ microscope. Most deliver half of the content features & capabilities needed; most miss the Good Practice mark So mu...
Continue Reading →Visions of IBM.com’s grand redesign emerge
June 28, 2011
best practice, cisco.com, Design, ibm.com, microsoft.com, Navigation, sap.com, Usability, website design
Recently Marty Gruhn and I put IBM.com’s new mega-menu under the microscope and the results were…well…less than stellar. But a couple accidental slips of my cursor exposed some other new designs and approaches that are well worth taking a spin around the IBM.com site. With some...
Continue Reading →Don’t Miss/Don’t Bother | IBM.com’s Mega-menu Launch
June 08, 2011
cisco.com, Design, ibm.com, juniper.net, mega-menu, Navigation, Usability, website design
In this Don’t Miss/Don’t Bother we take IBM.com’s new mega-menu for a spin (or two). IBM.com has launched revised home and solutions pages that feature the next major piece in its evolution: a new take on mega-menus. Not surprisingly, IBM.com has put its own spin on what is fast...
Continue Reading →Launches | The Age of the Home Page
June 06, 2011
adobe.com, Design, home page, hp.com, ibm.com, juniper.net, launch, Level3.com, microsoft.com, sap.com, Usability, website design
Who is updating their home page, how are they doing it—and why it might not matter. 2011 is turning out to be the age of the home page. We’re seeing updates in record numbers– and some designs are actually breaking new ground. On the other hand, few of these designs are actu...
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