Website UX reviews: first impressions with Paul Boag

Ever wanted to see your website through the eyes of a design and marketing expert?

That's what this video series is all about. Usability consultant Paul Boag reviews websites he's never seen before, giving his first impressions and providing useful feedback, critiques, and praise to their creators.

He'll cover a variety of domains, from commercial to the public sector and nonprofits. If you're looking to improve your website, watching Paul take a close look at these sites will give you ideas that you can apply to your own.

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Season 1

A web design agency site - Website UX review

Website review for the web agency Get With The Brand: how to balance benefits with features, use testimonials, show pricing tables. With UX expert Paul Boag.

An e-commerce apparel site - Website UX review

Learn how to offer an outstanding customer experience or tell a compelling story for making people buy from your e-commerce site. With UX expert Paul Boag.

A digital book creator tool - Website UX review

What’s the best position for a call to action? What’s your users' mental model and goal? Paul Boag addresses these and other questions in this UX website review.

A city government site - website UX review

A typical government site is usually heavy in content. Learn how to focus on the most frequent tasks that people come to perform. With UX expert Paul Boag.

A student education site - Website UX review

Review of a site that helps teachers connect with farming resources. Listen to UX expert Paul Boag for tips on blogs, resource pages, newsletters, and more.

A trade show and event marketplace - Website UX review

Learn how you should use a live chat box on your site and what a good use of video and photo imagery looks like in this website review by UX expert Paul Boag.

A stock analysis web app - UX website review

How to avoid designing for everybody and appealing to nobody? How to pick your moment for showing calls to action? Learn more from UX expert Paul Boag.

A nonprofit for tutoring homeless children - Website UX review

UX expert Paul Boag gives advice on how to improve the effectiveness of calls to action and other elements on nonprofit and charity-based organization websites.

Season 2

A nonprofit for legal help - Website UX review

Learn how to use the homepage to direct visitors to the key content, balance different calls-to-action, and structure a webpage. With UX expert Paul Boag.

An online banking site - Website UX review

UX expert Paul Boag guides us through the need to be clear about what your website does and how to deal with navigation in a way that helps orientate people.

A geoscience education site - Website UX review

Keep evolving your website design, step back every once in a while and do a content audit, get to know your users. Some advice from UX expert Paul Boag.

A tech blog - Website UX review

In this UX website review you’ll learn how to design a good blog, how to structure the blog post page, and different methods of generating income. With Paul Boag.

A freelance web designer portfolio - Website UX review

If you own a freelance site you need to address 3 questions: Is your work any good? Can you fit in with their team? Can you do the type of work that they need?

A vehicle installation service site - Website UX review

Learn from UX expert Paul Boag how video is a powerful tool if used carefully, how to simplify the navigation and focus the user on the services you offer.

An online awards platform - Website UX review

Some advice for your website: create a great tag line, frame your pricing the right way, and don’t ask too much info in contact forms. By UX expert Paul Boag.

An independent software company site - Website UX review

Make your message clear and focused, avoid outdated aesthetics, and nail your calls to action to take your already good website to 11! Listen to UX expert Paul Boag.

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