Information Foraging
The theory that users search for information in a manner similar to animals foraging for food, aiming to maximize value while minimizing effort.
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Information Scent
The cues and hints that users follow to find information online, based on perceived relevance and usefulness.
LATCH Model
Location, Alphabet, Time, Category, and Hierarchy (LATCH) is a framework for categorizing information.
Scent Trail
The path or sequence of actions users follow based on information scent to find their desired information.
Social Foraging
The behavior of seeking information or resources based on social interactions and cues.
Principle of Exemplars
The Principle of Exemplars is an information architecture guideline that uses representative examples to illustrate content categories.
Crawling
The process by which search engines systematically browse the internet to index and retrieve information from websites.
Tree Testing
A usability technique used to evaluate the findability and labeling of topics in a website's structure by having participants find specific items in a simplified text version of the site.
Dublin Core
A set of metadata standards used to describe digital resources, facilitating their discovery and management.