Designing the Search Experience: The Information Architecture of Discovery

by Tony Russell-Rose, Tyler Tate

Search is not just a box and ten blue links. Search is a an exploration where what we encounter along the way changes what we seek. But in order to guide people along this journey, designers must understand both the art and science of search.In "Designing the Search Experience, "authors Tony Russell-Rose and Tyler Tate weave together the theories of information seeking with the practice of user interface design.Understand how people search, and how the concepts of information seeking, information foraging, and sensemaking underpin the search process.Apply the principles of user-centered design to the search box, search results, faceted navigation, mobile interfaces, social search, and much more.Design the cross-channel search experiences of tomorrow that span desktop, tablet, mobile, and other devices.

Genres: Design, Website Design

320 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[John Venable]

got what I needed. used it more as a reference for a project i was doing and it was good for that.

[Supriya Raghavendra · Rating 4 out of 5]

A useful resource on designing search experiences. However, I think the chapter on context could have been better. It seemed too loose to offer any practical help. I hope the author writes more on it in future!

[Alanood Mubarak · Rating 5 out of 5]

I learned so much from this book.

[Fernando Agüero · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book makes you see every search component as a design challenge. It's divided in two main parts, theory and practice, both high quality.

If you will work with some search related UI ,I strongly recommend you this book as a way of learning and as practical guide.

[Shiri]

Reached page 52 -- stopped since it was due back in library. May reorder it but not 100% sure