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	Findability - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The concept of findability is universal and timeless.
		Findability is not a synonym for information architecture (IA).
		Findability is a goal of IA, along with usability, desirability, credibility, and accessibility.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Findability (182 words)

	The Age of Findability
		Findability is about recognizing that we live in a multi-dimensional world, and deciding to explore new facets that cut across traditional boundaries.
		Findability is about designing systems that help people find what they need.
		And yet, findability will eventually be recognized as a central and defining challenge in the development of web sites, intranets, knowledge management systems and online communities.
	semanticstudios.com /publications/semantics/000007.php (1236 words)

	IAwiki: WhatIsFindability (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		"Findability is a word to describe a set of technologies and best practices whose primary focus is to help user's locate human readable information in a digital format.
		If findability is based on presenting the most important information (or most relevant, or most often sought, etc.) then there will always be an assumption on the part of the designer, and potentially important information will always be lost."
		"'Findability' in the IA context includes local search engines (where optimization can be made with no distortion to the content, via metadata) and all the other arts of navigation we have come to utilize.
	www.iawiki.net /WhatIsFindability (421 words)

	The Age of Findability - Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		From here, Findability would benefit other states in the realm, by lending to the comprehension of content, which can put things like strategy into play (if you find the info, and the info is right for you, then you are most primed to accept whatever the website is trying to express).
		Findability is not the end-goal or satisfactory conclusion.
		Findability is the result of asking and answering questions about what visitors might be looking for – and then trying to be clear about where these things are.
	www.boxesandarrows.com /view/the_age_of_findability (10756 words)

	Top 10 best scoring Dutch websites [ Multilingual Search ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It is not automatically the case that companies which have a large media budget are better findable by search engines than companies which have a smaller media budget.
		The branch in which an organization is operating tends to be a better predictor of the findability.
		The results of the individual organizations based on the 11 findability criteria have been arranged from high to low and compared with the size of the media budget.
	www.multilingual-search.com /checkit-findability-top-100/05/04/2006/en (825 words)

	PressClipping » Blog Archive » “Ambient Findability” (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		And, he explains how the journey from push to pull is changing not only the rules of marketing and design, but also the nature of authority and the destination of our culture.
		“Findability is at the center of a quiet revolution that’s changing who we trust, how we work, where we go, and what we want.
		Both roadmap and manifesto, “Ambient Findability” explains the economic and cultural impact of search and wayfinding technologies, using intriguing examples and full color illustrations throughout.
	www.faq-mac.com /bitacoras/press/?p=572 (888 words)

	Review of Ambient Findability
		While the word "findability" may have a great deal of "buzzability" in English, its connotation certainly makes sense.
		Indeed, findability is about locating the anything we seek, not just information.
		Chapter 4 "Intertwingled" - Findability is becoming more urgent as our environment becomes more complex, with information about the real world being imported into cyberspace.
	www.scils.rutgers.edu /~kalbach/AmbientFindability.htm (1038 words)

	DonnaM: Usability testing for findability (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		We may have already gone a significant way along the wrong path, where findability is king, where we spend more time on designing navigation than on designing answers and where we may be missing a major part of information seeking.
		I'm not suggesting that everyone who usability tests only considers known item and findability, but certainly a lot of high-profile usability testing material is about this.
		Findability is extremely important as it the rest of the IA framework, but where it stops helping is where many users need the help to use the information more easily and accurately.
	www.maadmob.net /donna/blog/archives/000582.html (2362 words)

	Ambient Findability
		Findability: By "findability", I understand the quality of being findable.
		The book focuses on findability in a physical sense, but it sometimes uses the term "findability" in a broader sense that includes the digital (e.g.
		The book gives a picture of where we are and where we are going with respect to findability; where we are going is toward ambient findability.
	www.metaart.org /opug/reviews/ambient.html (982 words)

	Amazon.com: Ambient Findability: Books: Peter Morville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This is a truly gripping book that addresses what may be the most important challenge of this century in a compelling, easy to read, yet intellectually deep and elegant manner.
		Especially important in the first half of the book are the author's focus on Mooers (not to be confused with Moores) who said in 1959 that users will make do with what information they have when it becomes too inconvenient to go after better information.
		However, if all of the author's theories are correct, ambient findability will only be ultimately achieved if it is implemented on a global basis, due to the fact that achieving findability requires a social effort as well as an individual one.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0596007655?v=glance (3043 words)

	O'Reilly Network Safari Bookshelf - Ambient Findability
		Skillfully weaving together information science research with his own extensive experience, he develops for the reader a feeling for the near future when information is truly findable all around us.
		The book stresses user interface, which is as important as findability in the author's view point.
		This book deals with the concept of "findability", which, according to the author, is the quality of being locatable.
	safari.oreilly.com /0596007655 (2339 words)

	A List Apart: Articles: Ambient Findability: Findability Hacks
		Seriously, findability is one of the most thorny problems in web design.
		In this sense, we need more findability hackers who are willing to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty.
		For now, findability is in the hands of daring individuals with a cross-disciplinary approach to problem solving.
	www.alistapart.com /articles/ambientfindability (1444 words)

	The Impact of "Ambient Findability"
		Peter Morville: Ambient findability describes a world, at the crossroads of ubiquitous computing and the Internet, in which we can find anyone or anything from anywhere at anytime.
		But then there's the big picture of "ambient findability" (this brave new world of ubiquitous computing that's rushing upon us), and the book explores the cultural and societal impacts of that disruptive technology tsunami.
		PM: I use the term findability to encompass wayfinding in natural environments, as well as navigation and retrieval in digital spaces.
	www.businessweek.com /innovate/content/nov2005/id20051109_002975.htm (2131 words)

	Peter Morville's Ambient Findability \| davidsturtz.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Findability covers all aspects of people interacting with information.
		In general, it does a good job of tying together dozens of forward-thinking memes, and various underlying theories using the concepts of locating and navigating.
		It paints a clear picture of where we’re at and suggests that findability is what we will need to get us where we’re headed.
	www.davidsturtz.com /weblog/archives/000307.php (375 words)

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		Morville in particular has developed the concept of findability, which in his new Web site (http://findability.org) he describes as "the quality of being locatable or navigable.
		The problem that I run into time and time again is that although there is a reasonable understanding of the content publishing cycle, user requirements are often overlooked, or, at best, usability is confused with utility.
		It would seem that the search engine industry would have a vested interest in promoting the effective use of search technologies within the context of findability, but I have to say that in my view, most search vendors' provide fairly lightweight white papers, and their own Web sites provide poor examples of site design.
	econtentmag.com /Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=6877&... (1064 words)

	Findability: Google is Your Homepage
		And so, the art and science of "findability" is all about finding solutions to that most important aspect of usability.
		Findability is something I think is slowly becoming central to Web design and user experience on the Web.
		Findability" says in his article "The Age of Findability" that "findability will eventually be recognized as a central and defining challenge in the development of web sites, intranets, knowledge management systems and online communities."
	www.publish.com /article2/0,1895,1866921,00.asp (1122 words)

	Digital Web Magazine - Ambient Findability (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		And yet, I still felt there was something missing in both the map and the message, and as you’ve undoubtedly guessed, that something was findability.
		Of course, there is a dark side to this techno-utopian vision of ambient findability.
		I hope that as ambient findability becomes reality, we are able to offset the inherent dangers of group think and mob justice by empowering literate individuals with the ability to find and recognize the truth, make informed decisions, and when necessary act independently.
	www.digital-web.com /articles/ambient_findability (2184 words)

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	www.alphawebsmarts.net /index/findability.htm (540 words)

	Ambient Findability (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Morville discusses the Internet, GIS, and other network technologies that are coming together to make unlimited findability possible.
		Morville's book is highlighted with full color illustrations and rich examples that bring his prose to life.
		Is findability indeed the primary key to a successful global marketplace in the 21st century and beyond.
	pagevie.ws /item/7462 (545 words)

	oreilly.com -- Online Catalog: Ambient Findability
		A thought-provoking book that describes the future of information and connectivity, examining how the melding of innovations like GIS and the Internet will impact the global marketplace and society at large in the 21st century.
		Read this book if you are a teacher, a student, a writer, a parent...in short, if you use a computer or a handheld or a GPS or a smartphone or any type of technology that connects you to the world, then you should read this book.
		It will give you new insight into how ubiquitous computing is affecting how we find and use information and how we, as users, can and will shape the future of how data is stored and retrieved.
	www.oreilly.com /catalog/ambient (1262 words)

	Ambient Findability: Libraries at the Crossroads of Ubiquitous Computing and the Internet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		At the heart of this brave new world is a library, or rather a multitude of libraries, that help us find what we need, whether the objects sought (and the libraries themselves) are physical, digital, or in between.
		These are just a few of the signposts along the road to ambient findability, a world in which we can find anyone or anything from anywhere at anytime.
		We should expect a bumpy ride with many twists and turns as we negotiate serious challenges to privacy and struggle to improve information literacy in a mediascape in which citizens have an unprecedented ability to select their sources and choose their news.
	www.infotoday.com /online/nov05/morville.shtml (3026 words)

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	www.alphawebsmarts.net /index/search_engine_optimisat_343.htm (587 words)

	Functioning Form - SxSW: Ambient Findability (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ambient findability is the ability to find anyone or anything from anywhere at anytime.
		Instead of shouting louder (as marketers often suggest), we need ambient findability to enable people to pull information when they want vs. pushing it to them.
		The future of findability: start all searching from one box but end up on very structured pages.
	www.lukew.com /ff/entry.asp?304 (418 words)

	Word Spy - ambient findability
		This whole 'ambient findability' nonsense?" Yes, yes, yes.
		Ambient interfaces, sensors and small tech are about to intertwingle the physical and virtual worlds in shocking ways that will make history of the Diamond Age.
		This phrase was invented and popularized by the writer, consultant, and information architect Peter Morville, who recently published the book Ambient Findability to much acclaim.
	www.wordspy.com /words/ambientfindability.asp (401 words)

	findability.org \| ambient findability + the design of findable objects \| a blog by Peter Morville
		I figured I should read it, since it's all about findability.
		A key one clearly was Amazon.com, where they offer practically everything.
		And it's not just about a massive increase in variety; it's also about a massive increase in findability.
	findability.org (433 words)

	Ambient Findability
		For an information architect with library roots, the answer is obvious: ambient findability.
		I want to be able to find anything, anywhere, anytime.
		Peter Morville’s new book about business and life at the crossroads of ubiquitous computing and the Internet.
	semanticstudios.com /publications/semantics/000008.php (583 words)

	Search Engine Optimization Ireland. Organic SEO, Findability
		Having a findable site is just as important as having a usable one.
		You can increase your site's findability by taking out ads on other sites, by paying for adwords on Google or — more cost-effectively — by investing once in a thorough search engine optimization strategy.
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	www.michaelheraghty.com /findability.html (532 words)

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	www.spiderbait.net.au /index/f/findability.htm (193 words)

	Digital Web Magazine - News - What comes after findability? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		September 23, 2004 at 5:06 PM Donna Maurer writes a great post about Usability testing for findability.
		She has some really good points here about how we often go about conducting usability tests.
		An excellent piece, and don't forget to check out the comments as well.
	www.digital-web.com /news/2004/09/what_comes_after_findability (128 words)

	Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology: Ambient Findability
		but this description at NEASIST is most cool, I wish I could attend: On Ambient Findability: "At the crossroads of ubiquitous computing and the Internet, the user experience is out of control, and findability...
		On Ambient Findability: "At the crossroads of ubiquitous computing and
		As society shifts from push to pull, findability shapes who
	tametheweb.com /2006/04/ambient_findability.html (183 words)

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