http://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/imagine-google-without-a-search-box/ Thu, 28 Feb 2013 06:45:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/imagine-google-without-a-search-box/#comment-274 Annisa Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:52:11 +0000 http://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/?p=861#comment-274 That's pttery cool, my oldest is only 5 and he can use our computers (both laptop and desktop) like it's nothing so I'm sure when he gets older things like this will be awesome for him! That’s pttery cool, my oldest is only 5 and he can use our computers (both laptop and desktop) like it’s nothing so I’m sure when he gets older things like this will be awesome for him!

]]> http://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/imagine-google-without-a-search-box/#comment-124 Dave Jones Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:39:37 +0000 http://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/?p=861#comment-124 The answer to the first dilemma – how to stop users worrying about the empty search box – was to make it less important. We needed to make sure that whatever the exact search term, like <a href="http://www.quixotemusic.com" rel="nofollow">Quixote</a>, users should be able to make interesting discoveries even if the results were not the best. To do this we created relationships between our records based on semantics. This means that users will see suggestions for searches and records that may take them in different (but related) journeys. The answer to the first dilemma – how to stop users worrying about the empty search box – was to make it less important. We needed to make sure that whatever the exact search term, like Quixote, users should be able to make interesting discoveries even if the results were not the best. To do this we created relationships between our records based on semantics. This means that users will see suggestions for searches and records that may take them in different (but related) journeys.

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