Usability Testing

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Usability testing is very important to anyone that has his or her own website. Usability testing allows the website owner to know if his or her website is easy for the user to use. There are a couple of things that one should consider when doing a usability test: learnability, efficiency, memorability, errors, and satisfaction. Learnabilty is how easy or hard it is for a new user to use your site. Efficiency is how fast a user can use your site. Memorability indicates that if a user can remember how to use your website after returning from not using your site for sometime. It is important to do usability testing frequently. The difference between a website that has done a solid usability test and a website that has not done a usability test is that the website that has done the usability will be more successful because it will include features and functions that the user thinks is useful and easy to use. You want people to come to your website, and by doing usability testing, your website will able to attract people to it.

Reference

Peacock, Marisa. 13 April 2010. " The What, Why and How of Usability Testing"

http://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-engagement/the-what-why-and-how-of-usability-testing-007152.php. 18 April 2014.

Blog

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Blogging is a good way for people to communicate with others. A person n write a blog on just about anything, from how the person's day went to the person's experience on a product to the person's business. There is a comment section on most blogs which allow interactions between the writer and the reader. Through this interactions, the writer and the reader can exchange ideas and thoughts which can be beneficial to both the writer and the reader. There are many people who work in different fields of professions that have their own blog. They write blogs as a way to express their experiences to the public.

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Blogging has many benefits. By writing a blog, you have an opportunity to practice your writing. The more you the more chances you will get  to improve on your writing. Sometimes you may feel very joyous about writing your blog because you see that people are reading and commenting on your blog. If you are writing a blog on your business, you can write about what your business is, and people who are interested in your business will likely to do business with you.

QR Code

QR code is quick to becoming a common tools for people and businesses to get information on others. QR code, short for Quick Response code, is a 2D matrix barcode that can hold thousands of numbers of information. It can be easily scanned into any Smartphone by using a QR code reader. An person can then view the information in his or her Smartphone. You can create a QR code that contains a hyperlink, a normal text, a text message, an email or a business card. You can customize your QR code like changing its color, and you can draw your own picture in the QR code, and phone will still recognize your code. There are many sites that let you create a QR code.

QR code was invented by Japan. It was developed by Masahiro Hara and one other person at DENSO WAVE INC. QR code was first released in 1994, and it was first adopted by the  Japanese auto industry. Other fields of professions started to used the code. DENSO WAVE made the specifications of the QR public so that people can use it freely. It became popular among the general public in Japan at 2002.

References

Kohan, Jeff. 02 February 2011. "How QR codes can grow your business." http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-qr-codes-can-grow-your-business/. Social Media Examiner.

"History of QR code." http://www.qrcode.com/en/history/.