Paper Info
Title
Hierarchical faceted metadata in site search interfaces
Abstract
One of the most pressing usability issues in the design of large web sites is that of the organization of search results. A previous study on a moderate-sized web site indicated that users understood and preferred dynamically organized faceted metadata over standard search. We are now examining how to scale this approach to very large collections, since it is difficult to present hierarchical faceted metadata in a manner appealing and understandable to general users. We have iteratively designed and tested interfaces that address these design challenges; the most recent version is receiving enthusiastic responses in ongoing usability studies.
Year
DOI
Venue
2002
10.1145/506443.506517
CHI Extended Abstracts
Keywords
Field
DocType
moderate-sized web site,large web site,design challenge,site search interface,large collection,hierarchical faceted metadata,faceted metadata,standard search,pressing usability issue,ongoing usability study,search result,iterative design,www,user interface
Metadata,Web usability,World Wide Web,Computer science,Usability,Human–computer interaction,Iterative design,Web site
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
1-58113-454-1
37
1.65
References 
Authors
2
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jennifer English121418.51
Marti A. Hearst27014769.93
Rashmi R. Sinha380056.95
Kirsten Swearingen4109774.41
Ka-Ping Yee5124291.92