[Sigia-l] Findability

[Boniface Lau]

> From: lauran at etr.org [mailto:lauran at etr.org]
>  
> >> If you go to http://epicenter.etr.org/ and click on "find a
> >> practice" you'll see a list of topics. These perform a search in
> >> a live FileMaker Pro database.
> >
> >I did as you suggested, but I still do not understand your earlier
> >comment:
> >
> >>  >>  On some of our sites we use "pre-searched topics". The user
> >>  >>  doesn't have to struggle to guess what keywords we assign to
> >>  >>  items.
> >
> >What is a "pre-searched topic"?
> 
> 
> A pre-searched topic is one that we know is important to our users. 

So "pre-searched" is a misnomer for being "important"?


[...]
> 
> >
> >How do pre-searched topics eliminate keyword guess?
> 
> 
> When the user scans the page and sees a term like "performance
> measurement" they can just click on that term. They don't have to
> stare at a blank search box and think, "hmm, I wonder if I should
> search for "program measurement", "performance measurement" or
> "program evaluation"

So, when you wrote in:

    http://www.info-arch.org/lists/sigia-l/0301/0534print.html

LN> On some of our sites we use "pre-searched topics". The user
LN> doesn't have to struggle to guess what keywords we assign to
LN> items."

you meant "our search page has clickable category names that we think
are important"?


Boniface