Changes in sites over time

The big three e-commerce sites have moved to home pages with a lot of information and a high link density.

Analysis of Amazon, Barnes and Noble sites by 2002
Victor Lombardi analyses the home pages of major e-commerce sites
He finds much more information on the front pages (5 screens long c.f. one screen long some years ago) and high link density ‘above the fold’.
Images and links used mainly to convey information

Keith Burnett 2004 - 2010