I’ve set up a user interface design / user experience search engine (#1 below). Thanks to @cbehrlich for the heads up on her user experience search engine (#2 below).
The searches engines return results from trusted user experience and user interface design Web sites. If you work in or write about user experience and you’d like to contribute, contact me.
To ensure users don’t have trouble downloading files (Word, PowerPoint, Excel files or PDF’s), follow these guidelines when naming files to be uploaded and used on your Web site.
(hyphens are okay to separate words)
Some web browsers may not recognize the spaces. Spaces can also cause links sent in e-mail to break.
(hyphens are okay to separate words)Non-alphanumeric characters cause problems in web browsers and e-mail programs.
Descriptive file names help users identify file contents (some users may stumble upon your file via search). However, overly descriptive file names create really long web addresses.
(use dates only when relevant)
If you have a weekly or monthly PDF newsletter, be consistent and thoughtful when naming your files. Use dates in your file name only when they are relevant to the content.
Use the following date format in file names: YYYYMMDD.pdf.
Following this date format will ensure your files are sorted chronologically in Google and other search results.
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