Catalyst Group Design heeft een onderzoek naar weblogusability uitgevoerd.

Our conclusion: Even assuming mainstream interest, current blog design standards – at least in terms of navigation, nomenclature and taxonomy – are a barrier to consumer acceptance. In fact, the design of most blogs can incite "net rage" (in the words of one test participant).

Just this week, "bloggerati" like Steve Rubel (Micropersuasion.com) and commentators like the New York Times’ David Pogue have weighed in on these consumer acceptance issues – mostly with regard to RSS, or the mechanism by which blogs can be “syndicated” by publishers. The following report gives some additional shape and substance to the realization that blogs need to meet a different standard of behavioral requirements and expectations if they are to succeed with the mainstream internet audience.

» A Study of Blogs and Usability (PDF, 120 K)

[Hans on Experience]