In The Sphere: Usability, Video Blogging, and Guitar Hero
Posted on January 25th, 2008
Another Friday has arrived and it couldn’t have come any sooner. Some of us have endured quite the crazy week, so what better way to kick off the weekend than to read up on how the Japanese have fooled us into loving sushi so much.
You don’t get it? Try hopping over to the blog of Brice Wong where he has discovered an enlightening video on how the connection between the Japanese and sushi is really a joke. If you’ve ever wondered why they insist on the use of chopsticks and how you must sit on the floor while enjoying your sashimi, tonkatsu, and tempura, you absolutely have to watch the video embedded within that post.
On a slightly more serious note, the guy who calls himself King Nomar ponders the balance between search engine success and usability. As you all know, getting yourself ranked for critical keywords is one thing and making for an enjoyable user experience is another. The factors involved for the two may not exactly be the same.
Blogging has become quite the popular endeavor, but many people are starting to spread their wings into podcasting, lifecasting, and video blogging. RockDiesel applauds the recent trend toward the use of videos, listing off a number of pros to video blogging. Posting up a vid or two could bring your blog up to the next level.
Speaking of videos, Stephen Fung is perfectly enjoying his dot com mogul lifestyle, but he just might be making the jump to TV. He’s been to a couple of interviews with the people behind The Lab with Leo, a technology-focused television show starring Leo Laporte. Stephen is auditioning, so to speak, for the spot left vacant by Sean Carruthers.
Although it was posted on ShoeMoney’s blog, one of the most recent articles was actually written by Rebecca Kelley of SEOmoz. She manages to find quite the fascinating connection between SEO and Guitar Hero. If you prefer Rock Band, the analogy applies just as easily.
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I read about it on Shoemoney.com and it is already excited to hear that more people think it is like Guitar Hero. And blogging becomes initially more popular than before and it is a good way to making a little extra money with Adsense or affilates. I think you are absolutely right and Jeremey Shoemaker will be too I think.
Hi, I did not have a chance to read the guitar hero article yet. I found what you said very intriguing, on the same note I believe Google needs to find a balance between design, content, and user friendliness. It seems that although the spider picks up on good relevant content for customers/visitors, you have to sacrifice one for the other.
I think posting videos, and other little tidbits is good but can create a “messy” look for your webpage. It’s unfortunate that you cannot have a well designed flash website + content and still be on the first page.
Although backlinks account for so much, if your website is designed poorly it is irrelevant how many back links you have and how popular your website is.
I’ve had to do a 360 turnaround on my website just so I can get to first pages, although im on many viable first pages, the design of my site has been lamb chopped in order to have visitors find my website.
My question is, what’s the point of having good content, if visitors don’t find your website attract?
Thanks,
Tal
I think posting videos, and other little tidbits is good but can create a “messy” look for your web page. It’s unfortunate that you cannot have a well designed flash website and content and still be on the first page.