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Many of the UK's newspaper websites have been redesigned over the past year or so and, in general, most are pretty good.

However, there are still a few annoying features of these sites which can spoil the user experience and could be improved upon.

Here is a selection...

Online music community Grooveshark has recently introduced Grooveshark Lite, which lets users search for and listen to music on demand.

There are a number of useful music sites out there, so let's see how Grooveshark compares with Last.fm, Deezer, Imeem and other rivals.... 

Fashion retailer Oasis has just launched a redesigned version of its website, with the stated aim of making the purchasing and checkout process smoother.

We've had a look through the site to see if Oasis has managed to improve on the previous version...

I have been looking for a used car recently across a selection of manufacturer and third party sites, and it seems there is plenty of room for improvement in the way their search tools work.

Ideally, a search tool should be easy to use, but still allow users to choose between complex features and sort the results effectively.

So how do some of the major car manufacturers perform? 

Electrical retailer Comet has this week introduced a new beta version of its homepage, asking for user feedback on the new design.

We talked to Comet’s Content Manager Robbie Tutt about the thinking behind the new homepage.

While many web shoppers may prefer to browse through a website using the navigational links, the importance of the search tool should not be overlooked.

If shoppers arrive at your site with a clear idea of what they want, then using the search box is the obvious option. This also indicates a clear intent to purchase, so the tool has the potential to convert well.

Google was a pioneer in the search world for ranking websites based on incoming links as well as content. But which other measures could the search giant use to evaluate relevance?

Apart from the top level 'links' and 'content', which we know affect placement, online marketers use experience and testing to work out the other things Google looks at when ascertaining the relevancy of web pages for search terms.

Everybody's working for the weekend but before you leave work for the weekend, here's a wrap-up of the news that caught my eye this week.

Comet has released a beta version of its homepage this week, allowing customers to give feedback before the new design officially goes live.

We've taken a look to see what has changed...

Like.com launched back in November 2006, with a shopping comparison site that enabled users to search for clothing and other fashion items by using both text and images as queries.

Since then, it has been redesigned completely, so we've taken a look to see how it has developed...