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Matt Taylor, Funnelback UK
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[email protected]
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@mattletaylor
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07786 555116
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agenda
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introduction
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introduction
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introduction
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techniques important to
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introduction
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techniques important to
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let’s take a look
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introduction
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 Professor
David Hawking
 CSIRO
research project
 20 years in development
 Advanced technology
◦ Ranking algorithm
◦ Contextual navigation
◦ Early binding lock/key
◦ Fine Tune algorithm
 Rapid customisation
 Flexible look-and-feel
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We all know
search…….
…don’t
we?
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Engage through a curated and intuitive journey
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Bring simplicity to chaos
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Provide human sensibilities during the process
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Create an emotional bond through search
intimacy
Design must touch every aspect of the UX
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What about managing the
experience?
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important techniques
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Gain a true understanding of the problem
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Breaking it down into small ‘chunks’
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Delivering in phases
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Iterative testing throughout
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Combining our advanced technology
◦ Advanced auto-complete
◦ Query blending of the results set
◦ Fine tune
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With advanced design
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To create enviable navigation paths
◦ Faceted navigation
◦ Context aware results
◦ Live and dynamic navigation
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The biggest challenge is often normalising
results from many systems into one result set
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Is not easy
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Is not solved via a big-bang approach
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Requires a lot of planning
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Requires significant input from the data’s owner
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But…….it can be successful
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Let’s see it in action
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Matt Taylor, Funnelback UK
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[email protected]
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@mattletaylor
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07786 555116
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