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Our MD Michael receiving the Sydney Business Award.

A visit to the Google Sydney Office with a major client.

Testimonials

We needed an online invitation for an important industry event with the "wow" factor. Michael and his team exceeded expectations on every level. I highly recommend their work to any business who needs a presence on the web on an online solution.

Sabrina
A gift worth giving

Michael is a dynamic and personable businessman who is generous with his knowledge. He is very willing to have a go and always thinks outside the square.His business always provides a prompt and professional service.

Brendan Read
Photography Australian Photographer of the Year 2000

Michael is an excellent digital pioneer, being one of the original founders of the Australian internet industry. He has a strong work ethic and is able to inspire his team through commitment to excellence. It was pleasure to work alongside a great leader.

Billy Aldea Martinez
Metrix Digital New York

The Website marketing Group this is a job well done and I hope you guys are extremely proud of yourselves. I have worked with Michael and his team for several years they are experienced and have great customer service there are not many MDs that will let you call their mobile on a Saturday!.
Once again, great job and bring it on.

BGlen Andrews
Double Click

I have dealt with many web design agencies in Sydney over the years, none have been able to fully understand my vision and concepts as quickly and professional as the team at The Website Marketing Group It is always pleasure to work with you and your team. Thank you very much for making my job an enjoyable one.

Paul Milletta
Car Sales Online

It's been a tricky project and we couldn't have done it without the cooperation of everyone involved and the technical expertise of Costas and the team.

Mark Davis
Sunrice

The results have been overwhelming, and I am glad I spent the extra money to get something that stands out in the crowd and expresses the quality I am after for my business. I would definitely recommend your company to anyone else who is after quality.

Ivan Goram
Video Ezzy Club

Our Services at a glance

IT solution provider
our expertise crosses many verticals

Website Consulting Services
* Portal Development and maintenance
* Web development
* E- commerce
* Shopping cart integrations
* Data base driven websites
* Content Management Systems (CMS)
* E-media solutions

Internet Consulting Services
* Technology Consultancy
* Quality Audit
* Database and Server Solutions
* Server security
* Business Work flow Management
* Open source Implementations

The Verticals we work in
* Automotive-Websites
* Business To Business-Websites
* Consumer Goods-Websites
* Education-Websites
* Entertainment-Websites
* Financial Services-Websites
* Food & Beverage-Websites
* Hardware & Electronics-Websites
* Health & Fitness -Websites
* Politics / Public Issues-Websites
* Real Estate-Websites
* Retail Stores & Services-Websites
* Software services-Websites
* Telecommunications-Websites
* Travel-Websites
* Web Media-Websites
* Other-Websites for

Web Design and Usability Guidelines

If you are making a new Web site or even working on an old one, usability should be playing a big role in your development. Usability encompasses everything from the User Interface to accessibility for people with disabilities.

You can try the Functional Web Accessibility Evaluator
service. It is a free service, no cost to create an account.

http://faetest.dres.uiuc.edu

Web Reference Articles

Accessibility and the Web: Accessiblity to the Web is generally taken for granted, except when a site is slow or unavailable. Here, you'll learn about techniques to make your Web site more accessible. Some are relatively simple, while others require a little work. By Lee Underwood.
Designing From Both Sides of the Screen: Help get your usability and software engineers on the same page with this New Rider's publication. Our excerpt from Chapter 1 discusses the need to build collaborative relationships between applications and the people who use them.
Book Review: Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed: We review Jakob Nielsen and Marie Tahir's new book, Homepage Usability. The authors reveal 113 homepage usability design guidelines and 40 design metrics, and apply them mercilessly to 50 popular websites. You only get one chance to make a first impression, this book will ensure it's a good one. By Andy King. See also New Riders' interview with the authors, and our own interview with more usability details.
Site Review: Whitehouse.gov Usability: The Web Wing: President Bush has launched a revamped Whitehouse.gov. While much improved, the new site still has some usability problems. As a public service, three usability experts analyze the new site. By Andy King.
Book Review: Designing Easy-to-use Websites: IBM usability guru Venessa Donnelly gives a more structured approach to usability using methods borrowed from the software development world. Also includes an interview. By Andy King.
Book Review/Interview: Designing Web Usability: We summarize Jakob Nielsen's newest book on improving Web usability. Also includes an interview with the usability guru. By Andy King.
Book Review: Don't Make Me Think!: A practical Web design usability guide, "Don't Make Me Think!" is based on empirical observation, not exhaustive statistics. Steve Krug's five years of usability consulting are boiled down to this thin yet gem-filled how-to. By Andy King.
Collecting Feedback About Your Website's Search Interface: Usability gurus Jakob Nielsen and Kara Pernice Coyne show how to test your site's search interface for usability.
Usability Design Tip: Do It Over: Designing a highly usable Web site is an iterative process. Knowing when to start over is important. By Bob Stein.
Why You Need to Test Your Web Site with Real Users: An article that explains how to assess a site's usability and why it's necessary to have 'real' users test your site. By Lois Wakeman.

Usability Articles

All Things Web: The Usable Web: A collection of web sites about usability and design - and remembering the user. From Terry Sullivan.
Bobby: A free Web-based service that will help you make Web pages accessible to people with disabilities.
GUSE: Guide to Usability for Software Engineers - and that includes Webmasters. From the University of Maryland, generated by their MSE program.
Links on the WWW: A chapter excerpt from the book, "Web Site Usability" by the User Interface Engineering group.
Sun's Study on UI: Slightly old (the inline graphics are gone..), but with interesting analysis and user commentary from their study. Also discusses the 1998 redesign of their own site.
Usability Methods Toolbox: Information about methods and techniques used in usability evaluation. Comprehensive, with an academic slant. By James Hom.
Useit.com(*): A Web site devoted to teaching people how to make usable, approachable web sites. By Jakob Neilson, a distinguished Sun Engineer who works on future directions for Web usability. Don't miss AlertBox, a semi-monthly newsletter on usability.
WebWord.com: Devoted to helping you improve the usability of your Web site. Recommended books, Web sites, monthy usability column, interviews, and more are available.

Manufacturers' Usability Design Specs and UI Labs

Apple: OS Human Interface Guidelines.
IBM (*): Ease of Use: Articles, News, Training and Tools.
Microsoft: Usability information from MSDN.
Sun: Sun's Java Look and Feel Design Guidelines.

Usability Collections

HCI Index: Organized collection of pages points you to many different resources on Human-Computer-Interaction on the Internet. By Hans de Graaff.
HCI Resources on the Web: A collection of HCI resources, maintained by Michael Ericsson.
Usability collection: A collection of articles that have appeared in WebReview on on topics related to usability.
Usability and Accessibility: Links from the web design guide at the Mining Co.
Usable Web (*): Usable Web is a guide to resources about Web usability, about making the Web easier to use. Lots of links to different articles on designing web interfaces.
Web Accessibility Resource Center: NetMechanic's collection includes links to articles on section 508 compliance and policy, tools, event listings, and an Accessibility Dictionary.

Guidelines by Chapter (2006 ed.)

Chapter 1 – Design Process and Evaluation (8 pages, 1.8 MB)
Chapter 2 – Optimizing the User Experience (13 pages, 8.9 MB)
Chapter 3 – Accessibility (7 pages, 2.4 MB)
Chapter 4 – Hardware and Software (5 pages, 2.8 MB)
Chapter 5 – The Homepage(10 pages, 11.8 MB)
Chapter 6 – Page Layout (14 pages, 20.4 MB)
Chapter 7 – Navigation (13 pages, 12.8 MB)
Chapter 8 – Scrolling and Paging (5 pages, 4.4 MB)
Chapter 9 – Headings, Titles, and Labels (9 pages, 7.7 MB)
Chapter 10 – Links (15 pages, 16.7 MB)
Chapter 11 – Text Appearance(11 pages, 11 MB)
Chapter 12 – Lists (9 pages, 6.4 MB)
Chapter 13 – Screen–Based Controls (Widgets) (22 pages, 14.7 MB)
Chapter 14 – Graphics, Images, and Multimedia (16 pages, 16.5 MB)
Chapter 15 – Writing Web Content (11 pages, 10.8 MB)
Chapter 16 – Content Organization(10 pages, 9.8 MB)
Chapter 17 – Search (9 pages, 8.9 MB)
Chapter 18 – Usability Testing (10 pages, 1,020 KB)

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