For Customer Experience Professionals (Length: 21 pages)

March 30, 2007

Best And Worst Of B2C Site Design, 2007

Forrester Applies Its Web Site Review Methodology To 16 Major Firms

This is the second document in the "Best And Worst Of Experience Design, 2007" series.

by Moira Dorsey

with Bruce D. Temkin, Adele Sage, Vidya L. Drego, Ross Popoff-Walker, Steven Geller


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Forrester applied its Web Site Review methodology to the site experiences at 16 firms — four each of the largest credit card issuers, consumer electronics retailers, PC manufacturers, and wireless providers. As a group, electronics retailers outperformed other industry categories, while credit card providers fell to the bottom of the list. We encountered flaws on all of the sites we tested — including Dell.com which earned the only passing score. To improve Web site experiences, firms need to focus their efforts on target users. With that perspective, they can eliminate design flaws with known solutions first, apply business-centric design processes consistently in support of business goals, and justify improvements based on projected return on investment (ROI).

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemExamining The Current State Of B2C Web Site Experiences

itemOnly One Out Of 16 Sites Passed

itemFlaws Emerged In Every Evaluation Category

itemDesign Best Practices Exist Among The Obstacles

recommendations

itemImprove Web Site Experience For Target Users

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester evaluated the user experience on 16 major firms' Web sites — four each of the largest credit card issuers, consumer electronics retailers, PC manufacturers, and wireless providers.

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Analyst: Moira Dorsey
Technology: Channel Design Strategies, Customer Experience, Design & Usability Processes, eBusiness/eCommerce, Interactive Marketing, Marketing & Advertising, Web Site Design
Industry: Business-To-Consumer eCommerce, Consumer Retail & CPG, Retail, Retail Marketing
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America