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Web user experience

Website user experience is becoming a key area of focus for online marketers in an increasingly competitive digital environment, according to research from E-consultancy and behavioral research consultancy Bunnyfoot.

The Usability and User Experience Report 2007 found that organizations, on average, are spending 13% of their website design budgets on usability; moreover, it found they are spending 9% of their ongoing website maintenance budget on usability.

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This largerly ignored bucket is one of the key areas to focus on when looking at your site. Think about how many people you can drive to your site but if those people have a bad user experience you are just throwing money down the drain.

SEO Rountable

Check out this interesting take on what can help and hurt you SEO rankings. Really good information if you dig through it.

Top 10 Positive Factors
Keyword Use in Title Tag
Global Link Popularity of Site
Anchor Text of Inbound Link
Link Popularity within the Site’…
Age of Site
Topical Relevance of Inbound Lin…
Link Popularity of Site in Topic…
Keyword Use in Body Text
Global Link Popularity of Linkin…
Rate of New Inbound Links to Site

Top 5 Negative Factors
Server is Often Inaccessible to …
Content Very Similar or Duplicat…
External Links to Low Quality/Sp…
Duplicate Title/Meta Tags on Man…
Participation in Link Schemes or…