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Jacob Nielsen's The Ten Most Violated Homepage Design Guidelines

Last Week Jacob Nielsen came out with the Ten Most Violoated Homepage Design Guidelines.

Let's see how we do here:

1. Emphasize what your site offers that's of value to users and how your services differ from those of key competitors. Not done here


2. Use a liquid layout that lets users adjust homepage size. Done Here


3. Use color to distinguish visited and unvisited links. Done Here


4. Use graphics to show real content, not just to decorate your homepage. . Not done here


5. Include a tag line that explicitly summarizes what the site or company does Done Here


6. Make it easy to access anything recently featured on your homepage. Done Here


7. Include a short site description in the window title. Done Here


8. Don't use a heading to label the search area; instead use a "Search" button to the right of the box. Not done here


9. With stock quotes, give the percentage of change, not just the points gained or lost. Not done here


10. Don't include an active link to the homepage on the homepage. Not done here

So we get half on the default install of movabletype. Not too bad.