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    Dear SEO consultants, If you are taking a healthy dose of digital marketing every fortnight or so then you have probably heard of the new boys in town, yes the infamous Klout! Klout has received a lot of good PR, if I can recall correctly they have…

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  • Query deserves freshness (QDF) in practice

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6 official design and UX guidelines you can’t afford to miss

Posted on November 18, 2011 by under Web Design

In the little spare time that I occasionally get I find myself doing two things, I either delve into history books or I read or skim through design and usability guidelines. There are thousands of books on usability and user experience, some are good and some are just awful. I find usability & design guidelines from manufacturers and top brands more useful and insightful. Take Apple’s guidelines for example, they contain a wealth of information and they are not written by people who just talk theory. Instead these guidelines are from real world companies that produce software and hardware that are sold to millions of users.

Here are some usability and design guidelines that I find really useful:

A little about Yousaf …

Yousaf is the Group Head of Search & Social Marketing at elevatelocal. He's passionate about search engine optimisation, social media, UX/UI, Android, Flash & Adobe Air development.In his spare time, Yousaf enjoys reading books & spending time with his family. Follow Yousaf or subscribe to his blog posts:
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