Books That Every Webdev Should Have

Another great post from iamlost from cre8asiteforums..com. If you are looking for a resource for books to help with website analyitics, conversion testing, landing page testing, copywriting or usability, then this list will certainly be of value.

Top 3 Web Development Books

1. Web Analytics: An Hour a Day by Avinash Kaushik – Read the reviews
2. Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition by Steve Krug – Read the reviews
3. The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman – Read the reviews

Top 10 Books on Optmization, Usability, Analytics and Sales

1. Landing Page Optimization: The Definitive Guide to Testing and Tuning for Conversions by Tim Ash – Read the reviews
2. Now You See It: Simple Visualization Techniques for Quantitative Analysis by Stephen Few – Read the reviews
3. Forms that Work: Designing Web Forms for Usability by Jarrett and Gaffney – Read the reviews
4. Designing Web Usability by Jakob Nielsen – Read the reviews
5. Prioritizing Web Usability by Jakob Nielsen – Read the reviews
6. Web Analytics Demystified: A Marketer’s Guide to Understanding How Your Web Site Affects Your Business by Eric Peterson – Read the reviews
7. Web Site Measurement Hacks: Tips & Tools to Help Optimize Your Online Business by Eric Peterson – Read the reviews
8. Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works by Janice Redish – Read the reviews
9. Search Engine Advertising: Buying Your Way to the Top to Increase Sales by Catherine Seda – Read the reviews
10. Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web, 2nd Edition by Wodtke and Govella – Read the reviews

6 Books For the Advanced Web Developer and Optimizer

1. Designing for the Digital Age: How to Create Human-Centered Products and Services by Kim Goodwin – Read the reviews
2. How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of “Intangibles” in Business by Douglas W. Hubbard – Read the reviews
3. Universal Principles of Design by Lidwell, Holden, Butler – Read the reviews
4. Mining the Web: Transforming Customer Data into Customer Value by Linoff and Berry – Read the reviews
5. Drilling Down: Turning Customer Data into Profits with a Spreadsheet, Third Edition by Jim Novo – Read the reviews
6. Measuring the User Experience: Collecting, Analyzing, and Presenting Usability Metrics by Tullis and Albert – Read the reviews

For any part of the job that you decide to do yourself, rather than outsource or contract out, you should make an effort to maximise your skills in that area. All these books can be ordered from our Amazon store. For UK readers, all the books can also be ordered from our UK Store.

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