The Search Before the Search: Keyword Foraging

When users don’t know what keywords they need, they must do extra work to determine what their desired item or concept is called.


This content originally appeared on NN/g latest articles and announcements and was authored by Kate Moran

Summary: When users don’t know what keywords they need, they must do extra work to determine what their desired item or concept is called.


We live in a search-driven digital world, which is great as long as you know the keywords you need. But what happens when you don’t?

When users want to find an item or a piece of information and they don’t know what it’s called , they face a difficult problem. Sometimes in our research, we see users engage in keyword foraging.

In keyword foraging, a user conducts a preliminary search (usually in a web search engine like Google) to determine the right keywords for her information need.



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This content originally appeared on NN/g latest articles and announcements and was authored by Kate Moran


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