Alex Horstmann’s user experience, usability, design, eCommerce and design bookmarks for November 19th.

  • How To Use the “Seven Deadly Sins” to Turn Visitors into Customers
    Since the beginning of time, people have exploited the human desire to sin so that they could achieve their goals. Finding out what causes people to sin helps us understand the triggers which prompt people to take an action. The Web has made it even easier to exploit these tendencies to sin, in order to build user engagement and excitement about your service or product. In this article we’ll show examples of how successful companies exploit the tendency to conduct all the famous Seven Deadly Sins, and in turn generate momentum with their website visitors. Ready? Let’s roll.
  • Expedia Acquires FlightTrack App Developer Mobiata
    Expedia has just announced that it has acquired developer Mobiata, the creator of popular mobile travel application FlightTrack. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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