Saturday, May 31, 2014

The search engine should be familiar with common synonyms within the site


Usability book tells how to make web sites accessible and usable. Read this, 3 or order from Bokus or Adlibris. Spell-check search 2 search engine should understand inflections 2:01 a.m. Also search on synonyms
The search engine should be familiar with common synonyms within the site's subject matter. Are synonyms for the words in the query should be shown along with the results and ask whether the user wants to search even on them. Alternatively, the search can be expanded automatically.
Coping with synonyms is especially important if the site has a fixed vocabulary, so only some of the words used. For example, on the SRSA website (www.raddningsverket.se), a search for "fire" 1340 hits, while those who believe it is called "Blaze" has to settle btob for 11. Equally appalling bad usually go for those looking for " btob kindergarten "in their municipality.
My name is Tommy Sundstrom and is the author of Usability btob book. You can reach me at 070-213 09 20 or tommy@heltenkelt.se.

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