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Information Architecture, SEO & Usability Successful Information Architecture Chicago SES 2009 Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
Kim Krause Berg Usability and SEO Consultant Cre8pc.com, est. 1996 UsabilityEffect.com, est. 2002 Cre8asiteforums.com, est. 1998 Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
What is Information Architecture? Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
What is Information Architecture Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com Which comes first? Architecture or Construction? Business requirement – House to live in
Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com Development First. Requirements, future maintenance, code, system support Then comes the Design, User Interface. Visuals
What Did We Forget? (What does this have to do with your website?) Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
IA and SEO Today’s Web is all about CONTEXT, ORGANIZATION & FINDABILITY Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
95% of All Search Engine Referrals come from Page One of SERPS Users know quality.  Source: Enquisite.com Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
Why IA is Vital to SEO ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
IA and SEO ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
Example Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
AJAX ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
Deeper Look at IA ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
SEO Architecture ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
Look for signs of information architecture in search results. Proof That Sites Built in “All Flash” Hurt? Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com Requirements Gathering SELL! Inform Generate Revenue Purpose of site Targeted users Targeted market Lead user tasks
Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com Requirements Gathering Platform Programming Language Scalability Forms Internet Applications Site Performance Server Response Page Load
Those Free Web Site Templates Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
IA is VITAL to Usability ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
Example: Pleasant Search Farm ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
Taxonomy Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com Create taxonomy (principle of inheritance)
Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com Traceable back to “SELL” Task
Pleasant Search Farm ,[object Object],Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/ https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ http://www.bing.com/webmaster
Sense of Place ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com Title Tag is helpful to both searchers and users who want to bookmark the site.  Establishes sense of place and context.
Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com “ This section…” url structure contains keyword for search and users Meta description contains scent “tips” and “fun facts”. Delivery of information is very much important to search and users .
Ontology   Ontology –  Relationship between taxonomy  (classification) and objective within ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com
Information Architecture is About Finding Information Copyright 2009 Cre8pc.com/UsabilityEffect.com Book: Information Architecture for the World Wide Web by Louis Rosenfeld & Peter Morville – 3 rd  edition Book: When Search Meets Web Usability by Shari Thurow Google Insights Tool (free) www.google.com/insights/search Ambient Findability by Peter Morville The Information Society for the Information Age: http://www.asis.org/index.html

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