Sunday, November 15, 2009
Google versus design: Are page results in Google easier to use than the site holding the results?
Jason Fried, over at 37 Signals asserts that Google search results gets the user to the information faster than actually using the site to find the information. Watching my own practice on the web seems to bear this out. If I’m looking at design, then travelling to the site is almost a given. Collorary: The meaningfulness of search results can sometimes predict the quality of the site, or at least the quality of the design regarding usability.
