... Well, I have. :) As a matter fact, it was a project involving .asp files (several years ago) that gave me the idea of adding .asp to the default list of...
The Web Indexing SIG is designing a brochure to help market the services of its members to potential clients. I've drafted some content and Galen Schroeder is...
Hi Wendy, Here are some topics for discussion: Web index marketing for freelancers - to whom and how? Web index usability studies - how can we encourage...
Hi Everyone, I recently returned from the ASI conference in Pasadena and just wanted to update everyone. The breakfast on Saturday morning was an informal...
... This is very puzzling to me. I sat with the Science/Medical SIG of which I am also a member, but when I looked, I could not find a table with the Web...
Larry, No, you're not going blind. I think by the time you were looking for us, someone had laid the table sign down in an attempt to see the person they were...
Most work now seems to be building content management systems using Open Source software. The customer usually wants to manage their own content but they don't...
I had read in the program of the ASI conference in Pasadena last week that there was a presentation on "Usability Study of Web Indexes at an Academic...
... Summary? Well, here's what I took away. Web designers don't put Site index links on main pages often, or not prominently; web users don't click the Site...
Hi Everyone, I was also at Ilanan Kingsley's plenary session on Web Index Usability, and found it quite interesting. In addition to the comments posted by...
... My reaction to Ilana's presentation was: If (1)people don't know what a web site index is, and (2)we know they want to find information fast, and (3) the...
Hi everyone, The findings of the Web index usability testing are somewhat discouraging, to say the least. Not one person chose, unprompted, to use the site...
A conference at which we should definitely get a speaker on web site indexes is the IA Summit sponsored by the American Society for Information Science &...
... Hi Heather & all, Since the conference will be easy for me to attend, I could be available to speak if no one more experienced is planning to come. The...
I don't agree on a land grab for a trademark for a Web index by the indexing professional bodies. I was one of the pioneers and did not go that far to protect...
I've seen and used the label 'A-Z Index' and like it because, as Cheryl says, it strongly suggests an alphabetical finding aid (like an index). Often when I've...
While I agree that 'A-Z Index' is a more accurate description, it does not attract usage by those who do not know what an A-Z Index is, or who don't understand...
I have to say that I agree here. A-Z Index is explicit and immediately understood by anyone who's read a book. A-Z Site Index works too because site indices...
I also prefer A-Z Index, or A-Z Site Index, or Site A-Z Index. (Sometimes not the entire site is covered by an index, but merely a sub-section, so it is good...
That would be great, Judith, if you could speak on web site indexing at the IA Summit. While usability comparisons would be a good topic, if there isn't...
... at the ... Hi Heather, THanks for the ideas, I see that the basic information (mostly covered well in your course) will actually be new to many folks and...
Can anyone provide suggestions on marketing freelance web site indexing services, preferably based on real life experience? I'd like to incorporate different...
My only suggestion is to network with information architects, technical writers, computer people, librarians, or anyone within an organisation or within a...
I did a Google search recently on "A-Z index" and "A-Z site index" and found that the majority of sites that have these are those of colleges and universities....
Hi all, The Web Indexing SIG is creating a brochure to distribute to potential clients: web design firms, information architects, web designers and developers,...
I agree with Heather that the text on the outside-right (front) panel should be moved up. On the idea that we add a line there for web masters, may I suggest...
Hi everyone, First of all, I'd also like to thank Heather and Galen for their work in creating this brochure. As I noted in a previous e-mail to Heather, a...
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Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the web-indexing group: What kind of Web indexing do you do? o back-of-book A-Z site indexes manually...
Please go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/web-indexing/polls and complete my simple poll. You can click on more than one category of Web indexing. There are...
