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Taxonomy Evaluation Considerations
October 07, 2009

Taxonomies evolve over time and without periodic evaluation can become stale, disorganized, and structurally unsound. Bad navigation leads to bad user experiences. Your website taxonomy can also impact search engine rankings, but how do you balance SEO needs with good navigation? In this session we will discuss the value of evaluating taxonomy for improving user experience and SEO, including best practices, emerging methods, and success metrics.

Michael Shulha
, Joseph Busch

Cost: $50.00
User Testing & Card Sorting
June 04, 2008

When creating navigational taxonomies, we all know that no first draft will ever be perfect. Multiple users and multiple perspectives make navigational taxonomies especially difficult to construct. In this session we will talk about the value of engaging taxonomy end users in both the design and testing phases of taxonomy development.

Michael Shulha
, Vivian Bliss

Cost: $50.00
Online Product Catalogs: Taxonomy IS User Experience
May 07, 2008

This presentation will discuss how to improve user experience through demonstrating the power of taxonomy in e-commerce to the organization. The value of taxonomy is not often understood by decision-makers; this is problematic given that e-commerce websites are simply online catalogs that users must navigate to select products and boost conversion rates. The session will also provide examples of recent e-commerce website redesigns and five tips for overcoming organizational obstacles.

Dave Cooksey

Cost: $50.00
Medical Information: To Find or Not to Find
May 09, 2012

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This webinar addresses an interesting aspect of search for medical information. While we generally seek solutions that make information more findable, with medical information, there are often reasons for not exposing content. In this session, we explore some of the ways in which taxonomy and metadata can be leveraged to address these twin concerns.

Seth Earley
, Jeannine Bartlett