Making search more usable with information scent. Originally presented at Apache Lucene EuroCon 2010 by Tyler Tate and Stefan Olafsson of TwigKit.

1. 1 title.jpg

2. 3 yogi bear.png

3. 4 optimal foraging.png

4. 5 d patches.png

5. 6 b diminising
returns.png

6. 7 informavore.png

7. 8 exabytes.png

8. 9 wealth of info.png

9. 10 info foraging.png

10. 11 tradeoff.png

11. 12 info scent.png

12. 13 e usability.png

13. 14 a old model.png

14. 14 b new model.png

15. 15 b evolutionary.png

16. 16 a audience.png

17. 16 b audience.png

18. 16 c audience.png

19. 16 d audience.png

20. 16 f audience.png

21. 17 searchbox title.png

22. 18 searchbox - look
feel act.png

23. 19 b searchbox - bad
examples.png

24. 20 searchbox - better
examples.png

25. 21 searchbox -
autocomplete.png

26. 22 searchbox -
autocomplete
examples.png

27. 23 search results
title.png

28. 24 search results -
count.png

29. 25 search results -
count examples.png

30. 26 search results -
pretty titles.png

31. 27 search results -
pretty titles
example.png

32. 28 search results -
highling and links.png

33. 29 a search results -
google.png

34. 29 b search results -
google.png

35. 30 search results - best
result.png

36. 31 search results - best
result example.png

37. 32 search results -
differentiate.png

38. 33 search results -
itv.png

39. 34 search results -
zero.png

40. 35 search results - zero
example.png

41. 36 facets title.png

42. 37 facets - count.png

43. 38 facets - count
example.png

44. 39 b facets - bars.png

45. 40 facets - static
dynamic.png

46. 41 facets - static
example.png

47. 42 facets -
breadcrumbs.png

48. 43 a facets -
breadcrumbs
examples.png

49. 43 b facets -
breadcrumbs
examples.png

50. 43 c facets -
breadcrumbs
examples.png

51. 44 facets - visualise.png

52. 45 d facets - visualise -
slider.png

53. 45 e facets - visualise -
slider.png

54. 46 a facets - visualise -
tag cloud.png

55. 46 b facets - visualise -
tag cloud.png

56. 47 b facets -
visualise.png

57. 47 c facets -
visualise.png

58. 47 d facets -
visualise.png