Comments on: Who’s Number One? How About the Blog Reader!

By: Flowers Delivery

Flowers Delivery — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:08:09 +0000

Yes Jim, you are right about customer being king. Unfortunately with all our advancements many companies are still not customer friendly in UI and keep their sites as per whims and fancy of designers. Another area still neglected is Web Analytics. Hoping for the best for the trend to change.

By: Ascentive

Ascentive — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:29:45 +0000

Very good information. Thank you Jim.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:14:09 +0000

Thanks for the feedback, Yan. I will look into it.

By: Yan | Blog for Beginners

Yan | Blog for Beginners — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:22:34 +0000

I could actually relate to this when I tweak the design of my blog theme. Many a time, I change something to satisfy my preference to only realize it later that my visitors think otherwise.

Absolutely good point! The readers are the ones who ‘rule the castle’, no doubt about it.

PS: I’m just thinking if you would consider installing ‘Subscribe to Comment’ so that it would be easier for us to keep updated with any new response to the comment.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:14:55 +0000

Justin, I think you are right on this point. Businesses often do not understand the web or how to maximize it’s use. Even I look back at how I ran our companies website three years ago, and I am embarrassed. I have such a better understanding today of how to focus your website on the user and not misguided business desires. Of course, I still have a long way to go with implementing all that I now know…lol.

By: Justin - Web Development Blog

Justin - Web Development Blog — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:53:24 +0000

This is some good advice Jim. I think web developers generally get this concept but it can be hard convincing your boss of this principle sometimes depending on their background and perceptions of the web.