Personalization (6 links)
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Usability aspects of customization and personalization.
Meaningful Personalization
http://www.merges.net/theory/20010402.html
Destination: theory (6)
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Baker, Adam (6)
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April 2, 2001
Information Architecture and Personalization
http://argus-acia.com/white_papers/personalization.html
Controlled vocabularies as a foundation for personalization efforts.
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(27)
Destination: ACIA (15)
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Instone, Keith (5)
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December 15, 2000
Personalisation goes one-on-one with reality
http://www.shorewalker.com/hype/hype60.html
Three flaws in Internet personalization.
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Walker, David (4)
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May 8, 2000
Web Personalization
http://html.about.com/msubpersonalize.htm
Links from About.com HTML sub-category.
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Kyrnin, Jennifer (2)
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April 2, 2000
Prioritize: Good Content Bubbles to the Top
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/991017.html
'When everything is emphasized, nothing is emphasized.'
Alertbox for October 17, 1999. For lists, make sure the best items are at the top of the list. Add links at high levels of the site to feature deep content. Other tips to prioritize content for users:
- Have editors highlight certain stories
- Use sales numbers to bump up relevance
- Track server traffic
- Highlight the most popular items in a list
- Use 'new' for recent adds to an older page
Finally, do not think customization is an easy solution for prioritization. Customization is good because it lets users pick what they want, but a solid understanding of your users and your content will help you give them what they need.
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Writing Styles (13)
Destination: Alertbox (101)
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Nielsen, Jakob (116)
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October 18, 1999
Personalization
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/981004.html
Poor excuse for bad design.
Jakob Nielsen contrasts customization and over-hyped personalization. Options and natural intelligence win out over artifical intelligence.
Some of the limited cases where personalization can work are mentioned.
October 4, 1998, Alertbox.
Destination: Alertbox (101)
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Nielsen, Jakob (116)
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October 5, 1998
