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Nielsen Norman Group · 1 February 2018

A post on nngroup.com, published 1 February 2018, is cited by 2 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 12 October 2026).

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2blogs citing

Citing blogs and links by period
Period Blogs Links
All time25
Last 90 days00
Last 30 days00
Last 7 days00
Figures for this page
First cited30 May 1999
Latest citation12 Jan 2018
Words blogs link it with5
External links0
Lengthnot read yet

Words blogs link it with

The words blogs link this page with, by how many different blogs use them.

  • ignore legitimate design elements that look like1 blog
  • jazzed-up = ignored1 blog
  • look like advertising and thus users screen it out1 blog
  • looks like an advertisement1 blog
  • users often dismiss graphics as ads1 blog

Cited by 2 blogs in 5 posts

One row per blog, the most recently citing first. Each shows the blog's newest citing post; open a row for the others.

Blog
Newest citing post
Date
useit.com4 posts
1 Nov 2010
3 other posts
Top 10 Information Architecture (IA) Mistakes

linked as “look like advertising and thus users screen it out”

Read at useit.com (opens in a new tab)
11 May 2009
12 May 2002
The Top 10 Web Design Mistakes of 1999

linked as “ignore legitimate design elements that look like”

Read at useit.com (opens in a new tab)
30 May 1999

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