[Sigia-l] Faceted Search - non-library, non ecommerce sites

[Jared M. Spool]

On May 29, 2007, at 3:52 PM, Katie Ware wrote:

> I'm particularly interested in any user studies/observations. I am  
> curious about how users actually use it - or if they do. And I  
> don't have time to do extensive research, although I will try to  
> fit some guerilla testing in. I do have an assumption - which could  
> very well be wrong :-) - that having numerous filter options for a  
> search is not unlike "advanced" search. Which we have found that  
> many users don't bother to use. The google effect, as it were. Just  
> give me a text box and a button.

Hi Katie,

I'd give Pete Bell at Endeca a call. They've done a lot in this area.

Jared

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