Web navigation and the behavioral effects of constantly visible site maps

Danielson, David R.

doi:10.1016/s0953-5438(02)00024-3

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“…On www.intechopen.com the other hand, NTUH HIS Portal is a large, complicated, heavily interlinked web site; it is likely to be disoriented. However, the Portal is a visible, hierarchical tree topology, and immediately accessible; under the circumstances, the site map is significantly accommodating (Yip, 2004;Danielson, 2002). As the portal continues to be developed and enhanced, the new features can be added on a regular basis.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It can alleviate users' bewilderment during web navigating (Bernard, 1999), to understand an overview of a site topology, and to search for required information quickly and accurately (Dieberger, 1997;Kim & Hirtle, 1995;Li et al, 2001). In principle, the criteria for prominent large web site maps can be summarized as: 1) capable of covering the contents of Web sites; 2) capable of supporting navigation via visualized Web site topologies; 3) flexible to illustrate or render the web contents and link structures imposing hidden or flatten descriptions, i.e., with multiple granularity of details or topic-focused; 4) enabling site maps construction automatically (Li et al, 2001;Yip, 2004;Inder et al, 1998;Danielson, 2002). In addition, Li, Ayan, and et al (Li et al, 2001) identify the site maps must be informative and representative indicated by citation analyses.…”

Section: Site Mapmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Dynamic Healthcare Portal Design and Enhancements

Weng¹,

Hsieh²,

Hsu³

et al. 2010

Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agents

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Site Mapmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Dynamic Healthcare Portal Design and Enhancements

Weng¹,

Hsieh²,

Hsu³

et al. 2010

Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agents

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“…There is also a need for studies of software that can support web navigation or the monitoring of web navigation (e.g. as reported by Danielson, 2002). Libraries and information services that make their catalogues available through the web could find such studies particularly beneficial.…”

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confidence: 99%

Suggestions for a research framework for South Africa: how can we learn from web information seeking/searching studies?

Fourie¹

2013

South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science

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The growing interest in web informotion seeking/seorching studies, ond their importance for web site design. search engines, intranets, portals, etc. warrants Keywords: web information seeking; web information searching; web studies; research framework; research agenda IntroductionThe exponential growth in web sites, web users and accessto web-based information resources is an indication of their growing importance. The World Wide Web .0NWW) is used by a diverse group comprising scientists, researchers, academics, students, information technology (IT) specialists, members of the general public, schoolchildren and elderly citizens. A growing interest is reported for the last three groups (Bilal, 2000, 200 I; Burwell, 200 I) and in information seeking for everyday needs (Carey et 0/., 200 I) and decision=making (Choo, 200 I, 2002). In South Africa there is also a growing interest in the web as an information source. Apart from its potential to meet academic and businessinformation needs, it can also be an important resource filling the everyday information needs of South Africans. Spink and Cole (200 I :303) note that:[The] Internet is the driving force behind broadening LIS analysis of information seeking beyond work and school. The interactive potential of this hybrid information flow channel should bring the power of information use to many more sectors of society than is now the case, but it also forces researchers interested in these issues to take a wider, more integrative approach to studying information seeking and use that includes nonseeking behavior in its human information behavior perspective.Web information seeking/searchingstudies can shed light on the design of user interfaces, search engines, navigational features, online help and intelligent agents, information architecture, content description and metadata, the teaching of information skills (e.g. to schoolchildren or senior citizens) and the refinement of our information retrieval (IR) research methodology. The findings may also be useful in web advertising, marketing and e-commerce (Ozmutlu et 0/.,2002), and in drawing interest from designatedtarget groups (e.g. getting teenagers interested in usingthe library). By understanding the variables (also called barriers or influencing factors) that affect web information seeking/searchingwe can improve all facets of web information spaces. Many such variables have been identified and tested in traditional IR (Wilson I 999b).More recently Hertzum et aJ. (2002), for example, reports on the notion of trust in the information seeking behaviour of software engineers with special reference to virtual agents and e-commerce. Spink and Xu (2000) conclude that 'continued research into Web user behaviour is needed to impact the development of new types of user interfaces and software agents to aid users in better Web searching'.Information seeking is also important in the context of virtual or online learning environments (e.g. Sheremetov & Arenas, 2002; Yang, 200 I). In the South African context this is part...

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“…This two-level hierarchic design was an attempt to comply with the suggestion that menu structures for older users should be shallow [19], while recognizing that an alphabetic listing of all 32 pairs of starting points and destinations would probably seem confusing, and would be contrary to the evidence that limiting the number of choices required at any one time can be helpful when adults have cognitive problems [20]. Other research has established that having navigation options remain visible alongside digital documents can help readers [21].…”

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Cognitive support for older people from multimedia options

Wright¹,

Belt²,

Pham³

et al. 2008

Gerontechnology

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Abstract-If older users of multimedia displays could select among presentation options, would they choose display combinations that supported their performance? After three short touch-screen tasks which measured the perceptual and cognitive abilities of 50 older adults, they answered questions about a route on an online map that could be accompanied by written and/or spoken text. Half the participants saw animated routes; and they were less accurate answering questions than those who saw static routes but this did not affect people's multimedia choices which, although diverse, were systematic. Spoken text was more often selected by people who had lower scores on the spatial working memory task, than by the older adults with higher scores. This suggests that older people with cognitive limitations recognise ways in which multimedia information can be supportive.

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Web navigation and the behavioral effects of constantly visible site maps

Cited by 60 publications

References 20 publications

A Dynamic Healthcare Portal Design and Enhancements

A Dynamic Healthcare Portal Design and Enhancements

Suggestions for a research framework for South Africa: how can we learn from web information seeking/searching studies?

Cognitive support for older people from multimedia options

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