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Remote (Moderated) Usability web site. Links and information assembled by Mark Safire.

Remote Usability Info - web site. Information on remote testing options. Includes summaries of tools and links to articles on techniques.

Remote Evaluation - José C. Castillo, US West and H. Rex Hartson Virginia Tech
This site includes a definitition, classification of methods, bibliography and software tools.

Remote Usablity Testing Tools by Alice Preston (Usability Interface January 1999)

Remote Usability Testing by Monty Hammontree, Paul Weiler, Nandini Nayak interactions Vol. 1, No. 3 (July 1994), Pages 21-25 (PDF version available from the ACM Digital Library)

Remote Evaluation: The Network as an Extension of the Usability Laboratory by H. Rex Hartson, José C. Castillo, and John Kelso, Department of Computer Science, Jonathan Kamler, Department of Forestry Virginia Tech and Wayne C. Neale, Eastman Kodak Company. CHI 96

"Remote usability testing through the internet" by Bo Chen, Hyperion Software. Part of  the symposium "Tools & Techniques for HCI Research and Usability Testing" at HCI International '99 conference in Munich

"Remote Usability testing of a Web Site Information Architecture: 'Testing for a Dollar a Day'". Kaasgaard, Klaus et al. Presentation at Interact '99

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Uzilla - The Uzilla.net suite is a cross-platform set of tools for web based usability testing.

ErgoLight Web Tester
Analyzes patterns of use on e-commerce sites

WebMetrics
A suite of analysis tools from the NIST

Web Site Garage
Provides services for maintaining and improving your Web site. Automate site maintenance checks, optimize your graphics and analyze your traffic.   

Buzzback
Online customer research

Enviz
Online monitoring and analysis of site usage

UserZoom
International leader in un-moderated (automated) remote user testing

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MyPlaceware.Com

WebEx

 
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