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An Amazon Without Tabs? Downright Wrong, or Finally Right? You Decide

Yep, the site that made tabs a ubiquitous e-commerce navigation convention is at least considering making them go away.
But of course, Amazon always used tabs incorrectly, anyway. Right?

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The 7-Minute Website Checkup

Can you evaluate the effectiveness of your website in a mere seven minutes? This exercise can’t approach the value of a comprehensive third-party review, but it can help you brush up on usability and conversion basics.

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Interview: Michael Crandell, Celebros Site Search

Celebros provides site search, navigation and merchandising solutions for e-commerce websites. Recently, we had a chance to interview Celebros CEO Michael Crandell about site search in the world of online retail.

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Naming is Power 2: Being first vs. being big.

Early movers get to shape conventions. If you show up late, it helps to be large.

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