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Web Development Guidelines

Back Decisions with Data

Why this matters

Relying solely on intuition and personal experience isn't enough; data is essential for evaluating a site's performance and making informed decisions for improvements.

Checklist of things to do

  • Analyze quantitative behavioral analytics data (Google Analytics)
  • Use heatmaps to understand how visitors navigate a site
  • Conduct tests to evaluate decisions
  • Perform qualitative research to better understand user experience
  • Be aware of ethical and privacy concerns related to data collection for analytics and user research

Supporting Resources

User interface inspection methods : a user-centered design method

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