Saturday, May 11, 2002

Mark Amerika's OzBlog is a 111k chunk-o-goodness. Context: Top 10 hits for surf sample manipulate on.. 1. AOL: Surf - Sample - Manipulate 2. Advanced Computer Imaging -- FINE 4220/5220 3. Amerika On-Line 4. Surf - Sample - Manipulate : Playgiarism On The Net 5. Amerika Online #4 6. Amerika Online #4 7. Amerika On-Line: Surf - Sample - 8. Mark Amerika: Surf - Sample - Manipulate - Literarische Ostern 2001 9. Literarische Ostern 2001 10. Schreiben am Netz 3 9:47:28 AM    comment

Ever thought of asking your users? Ideapad narrates a bad datapoint in Apple's search usability. Recent work in web HCI suggests this is common across lots of commercial sites, with user's who search failing (or bailing) more often. There are exceptions of course and particular niches where search is very useful (books, music, movies). Apple is, interestingly, asking for feedback on their new support pages. 8:09:16 AM    comment