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Entries Tagged as 'Search goods'

Near-Experience Goods … “Just As Shown”

February 5th, 2008 · Comments Off · Information Design, Product Markets

I wrote recently about search goods and experience goods, and what that means for faceted (or guided) navigation. As I continued to think about the post, I began looking at the presentation of these goods online. And I found something rather interesting. Let me back up a bit. Some definitions first. A search good is [...]

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Paging Dr. Bordeaux

January 9th, 2008 · Comments Off · Healthcare Markets, Information Design, Market Definitions, Wine Markets

It may be an often overlooked (if unremarkable) fact that search engines must conform to the properties of the thing that is being searched for. Searching for a web page is different from searching for an airline flight, is different from searching for a book, is different from searching for a bottle of wine. The [...]

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