Posts tagged with 'BBC'
The BBC's descriptive yet concise news headlines are a great example of writing for the web, and are always written to the 'highest web usability standards' according to usability guru Jakob Nielsen.
He cites headlines like 'Mass Thai protest over leadership' and 'Iran accuses journalist of spying' as best practice examples, with the average news headline containing five words and 34 characters.
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by Graham Charlton
27 April 2009 14:24pm
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The BBC has just launched the beta version of its new mobile site which, like the web version, allows users to personalise the content they view.
It's a welcome development, as the current BBC mobile site is a little basic, and the new version provides access to more of the corporation's content. I've been taking a look at the new version...
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by Graham Charlton
11 March 2009 14:13pm
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Rumors are circulating that UK cable group Virgin Media is looking to sell off its content division.
The talk of an asset sale come on the heels of the announcement that the division's chief, Malcom Wall, would be leaving in April to pursue his own interests.
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by Patricio Robles
06 March 2009 08:49am
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Nick Reynolds has worked at the BBC for the past 20 years in a variety of roles and is currently editor at the BBC's Internet Blog.
I recently asked him a few questions about his work and the BBC's editorial policies and processes...
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by Chris Lake
28 January 2009 13:55pm
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The BBC has released the results of its experiment with in-text links, and it seems the corporation is still not sure how to deal with the issue of linking out from its articles.
The BBC Internet Blog reports on the results of the experiment, which used the Apture service to add links to the text of articles. 90% of the feedback received during the two week trial.
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by Graham Charlton
04 December 2008 11:21am
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As Patrick talked about on Monday, 2009 may turn out to be the year for mobile internet, and companies need to be thinking about their mobile strategies.
Some websites have already adapted well to the use of mobile internet, but others seemingly have a long way to go. A new ebook (pdf) from dotMobi takes a look at the best and worst on the mobile web.
Here are a few best practice tips for mobile websites...
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by Graham Charlton
04 December 2008 09:00am
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In a week that that saw a rally in global stock markets and is seeing some of the best Black Friday deals in recent memory, it seems like the world has been able to recapture some sense of normalcy.
Here's the news that caught my attention this week.
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by Drama 2.0
28 November 2008 12:00pm
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Today sees the start of the BBC's online live streaming of BBC1 and BBC2, though this is something ITV has been doing for a while with its four channels.
I've been watching BBC2 through the iPlayer to see how well it works online, and whether the BBC does it better than ITV...
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by Graham Charlton
28 November 2008 10:22am
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ITV has been adding more video content to its mobile service recently, as well as promoting it between TV programmes.
With this in mind, I decided to take a look at the site and compare it with the BBC's offering, which was upgraded earlier this year...
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by Graham Charlton
13 November 2008 09:30am
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I spend a lot of time on newspaper and other publishers' sites, and am often amazed at how bad their site search functions can be.
A lot of sites have been redesigned over the past year or so, and have improved a lot, but their search functions can still be patchy.
Here are a few thoughts on how they could be improved...
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by Graham Charlton
07 November 2008 08:40am
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