For Customer Experience Professionals (Length: 16 pages)

January 29, 2009

UK Newspaper Web Site Design, 2008

This is the fourth document in the "Best And Worst Of UK Experience Design, 2008" series.

by Marta Baigorri

with Moira Dorsey, Angela Beckers


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

As part of a larger analysis of 12 firms across four industries, Forrester applied its Web Site Review methodology to the Web sites of the UK's top three newspapers: The Times, The Guardian, and Telegraph. As an industry, newspapers came in second of all four industries reviewed, with an overall average score of +15. With a score of +18, The Times ranked highest of the newspaper sites and second among all 12 sites. Our analysis uncovered flaws on each of the newspaper sites, but there were also some best practices, like The Times' outstanding interactive elements, The Guardian's optimal text legibility, and Telegraph's easily scannable layout. To improve Web site experiences, customer experience professionals should start by conducting regular reviews of their own sites and focus on making the business case to fix problems that prevent target users from achieving their goals.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemExamining The State Of UK Newspapers' Web Site Experiences

itemOverall Results For Newspapers' Sites: Plenty Of Room For Improvement

itemIssues That Troubled The Newspaper Sites

itemSome Best Practices Emerged

recommendations

itemImprove Web Site Experiences By Designing For Target Users

Forrester evaluated the user experience of 12 UK companies' Web sites — three each of the largest newspapers, TV broadcasters, grocery retailers, and wireless providers.

Related Research Documents

itemExecutive Q&A: Web Site Reviews

September 5, 2008

itemBest And Worst Of UK Site Design, 2008

September 2, 2008

itemThe UK Customer Experience Index, 2008

July 28, 2008

itemPrioritizing Which Web Site Problems To Address First

May 6, 2008

itemHow Consumers Research, Buy, And Get Service

March 31, 2008

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Technology: Customer Experience, Customer Experience Management, eBusiness/eCommerce, Web Site Design
Industry: Consumer Media & Entertainment, Media & Advertising Trust, Media & Entertainment, News, Publishing
Geography: Europe

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