> > It's a matter of the nature of the content. If people know unique > identifiers (exact titles, authors, part numbers), then search will always > trump any category hierarchy or facets. That's why media products (such as > books and music) do well with search. > > However, search on data where the people don't have unique identifiers > (such as much of the content one might find on the Adobe.com site) doesn't > do well. Users enter generic keywords into search and the results > presentation is rarely helpful. >
<plug> Seconded. Especially since I just finished proofing the chapter Jared and I did about this very subject for our upcoming book, Web Anatomy<http://www.rhjr.net/s/wa>, in stores in November. </plug> -r- ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
