From the Back Cover
They've found you. Now be sure they can find what they want
People shop online because it's convenient. If your search application doesn't make it easy to find what they want to buy, they'll go somewhere else. It's that simple.
Designing a great search experience, however, isn't that simple. You need this book, full of UX design strategies and patterns that have been carefully developed, researched, and tested for success. Use them, and your customers will buy more, leave your store happier, and tell their friends and social networks about the positive experience they had using your site or mobile app.
Don't just add new features — create memorable, delightful search experiences
Turn "no search results" pages into new sales opportunities
Discover why shoppers behave as they do
Use "more like this" search to help your customers make quick decisions
Design intuitive search interactions using faceted search filters
Use contextual mobile search to create portable ecommerce solutions
Take full advantage of the unique design challenges and capabilities of tablet devices
Learn from case studies that put the design concepts into practice
Use novel search design patterns to trounce your competition
Go to http://www.designcaffeine.com/designingsearch/ for a bonus chapter introducing designing search features for ecommerce help systems and an appendix highlighting crucial best practices!
About the Author
Launched by Founder and Publisher PABINI GABRIEL-PETIT in November 2005, the Web magazine UXmatters provides insights and inspiration to professionals working in every aspect of user experience (UX) — from strategy to design to user research. Its authors are leading thinkers and active participants in the UX community.
