How to improve site navigation

Stripping a website to its barest form, ignoring for a moment, content which is only text and images, all a browsing experience is, is navigation. It’s clicking links that take you to other pages with more links. The main navigation of your site is such a crucial part of this as it represents the persistent doorway to the most important pages of your content.

Dan Rajan talks about how to make your site usable first and pretty second, make your bounce rate decrease, and building on what you already have.

[How to] Use Design Principles to Increase Conversions

Oli Gardner shows how fundamental design principals can be used to increase conversions on landing pages, breaking it down into two important aspects of conversion centered design: persuasive design for lead gen forms and persuasive design for calls-to-action (CTAs).