links for 2009-01-19

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  Oh, the Humanity! - The Boston Globe
  
  
  If you've ever wondered what happens to the championship garb they don't give out to the losers (eg shirts that say Patriots 19-0), read this great piece.
  
  
  (tags: sports marketing football)
  
  
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  Why Are Bloggers Writing Shorter And Shorter Posts? - Web Development Blog
  
  
  Go short or long?
  
  
  (tags: writing blogging)
  
  
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  userfly
  
  
  Run instant usability studies for your website using your real users.
  
  
  (tags: usability)
  
  
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  The future of eyewitness journalism
  
  
  The US Airways is called an example of "witness media and pro media cooperation"
  
  
  (tags: CitizenJournalism journalism twitter)
  
  
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  Retweetist
  
  
  Tracks the most retweeted URLs and people on Twitter.
  
  
  (tags: retweet twitter zeitgeist trends)
  
  
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  New tricks: 10 tips for Tweeting as your news organization | Old Media, New Tricks
  (tags: journalism twitter)
  
  

Comments

[Ed Kohler]

Userfly has an interesting service but one thing that scares the crap out of me about it is the keystroke logger. If that was installed on a site that asks for passwords, well, I think you see the point.

Overall, this does seem like a time where there is increased interest in usability testing. A down economy leads to more rational thinking. I've been dabbling with creating a crowdsourced way to gain independent website feedback for this purpose.

Regardless of how one gathers user feedback, it's something worth doing because it will help decrease bounce rates and increase conversions.

[Shirley]

Great link about where that extra 'garb' shows up. At least they don't destroy it.

And thanks for including one of our articles. :-)

@Ed Kohler, I agree. Usability has never been more important than today in this worsening economy... Websites are finally thinking in terms of what is best for the 'visitor experience'.

[Daniel]

Hey, Steve -

Thanks for linking to us yesterday. That story about eyewitness media and professional "cooperation" was a gem.

[Very Evolved]

Thanks for making me aware of the existence of retweetist - Just been studying social media and crowd dynamics and found the site useful.

PatrickFollow the Herd

[Dr. Wright]

I loved the super bowl t shirt story. This weeks links are great.Now I really want to go to some country and findSuperbowl loser shirts, this sounds like a fun adventure!

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