User Research Resources & Links: April 2015

Here’s our round-up of the useful and interesting User Research resources and links from April 2015. This month’s articles and insights from Thought works, Nielson Norman Group, GOV.UK and Google Ventures. Happy reading!

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Business & UX Strategy Resouces & Links: April 2015

Here’s our round up of the best business and UX strategy links: April 2015. Get insights from other people’s successes and failures. This month features Wired Magazine, Intercom, Angel VC and Onstartups. Happy reading!

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User Research Resources & Links: March 2015

Here’s our round-up of the interesting User Research links that we have come across in March 2015. Great actionable advice and insights from the best including GOV.UK, Fortune and the Baymard Institute. Happy reading!

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Google announces new privacy policy

On January 24th Google revealed some major updates to their privacy policy.  There has been a mixed response to the changes that were announced on Google’s Official Blog.

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Why create a sitemap when planning a new website?

A sitemap is a visual representation of a website or application’s structure. It should clearly communicate how all the information is organised.If you are commissioning a new website or a redesign then you should include one in your brief. 

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Moving off of Amazon Web Services

We recently decided to rethink how we host this website. Since 2008 we’ve used Amazon Web Services (AWS) to host our live and development websites as well as all of our other tools and software.

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Exclude specific IP’s from Google Anlaytics reports

Worried about your Google Analytics data being skewed by your staff’s usage of your own website? If so, set-up a custom filter to exclude those IP addresses.

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Which Google Analytics tracking code are you using?

Whilst doing a website review I was pretty surprised to see that the old Google Analytics tracking code was still being used.

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Google Apps our transition experience

We recently received our notification that important changes were happening to Google Apps. This means our Google Apps accounts are being transitioned to Google Account infrastructure.

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How Google works, a fantastic infographic

When I first joined Border Crossing Media I spent quite a lot of time familiarising myself with the way that Google and other search engines operate.

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Google releases updated SEO starter guide

Google have updated their SEO starter guide. We always recommend that clients familiarise themselves with this document as it provides a comprehensive and perhaps more importantly free overview of how best to approach search engine optimisation (SEO) from Google itself.

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