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Good Information Architecture
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National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org/
- Persistent global navigation throughout entire website.
- Task oriented flash banner on homepage, helps users click on most common task items.
- Drop down menu feature on global navigation.
- Local navigation support for second and third level pages.
- Breadcrumb navigation for second and third level pages.
- Search engine support, not great but it works.
- Nice site map for entire website.
- Auto-suggest feature on search box would improve search box feature.
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The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
- persistent global throughout entire website
- task oriented flash banner on homepage
- drop down menu feature on global navigation
- local navigation support for second and third level pages
- breadcrumb navigation for second and third level pages
- search engine has results filter by title, date, author and type.
- no autosuggest on search engine :(
- faceted search results on the right column.
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Sears
http://www.sears.com/
- search box has a robust variant term feature that allows variant search terms to bring up related matches.
- search box has robust autosuggest feature.
- search results page has a "quick view" feature that makes it easy for user to view more details quickly.
- search results page has a compare feature to help user compare items.
- robust faceted search tool bar on the left.
- homepage has functional task oriented banner.
- breadcrumb navigation for second and third level pages
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IUPUI: Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
http://www.iupui.edu/
- search box provides filtering options for users - this is a great feature when you have various types of information.
- global navigation is persistent to most second level and some third level pages.
- global navigation divides menu items and contains a marketing message.
- global navigation provides a rich set of most common links - most common pages are just one click away.
- a-z index
- local navigation on most second and third level pages
- persistent footer navigation
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Klune Industries
http://www.klune.com/home
- persistent global navigation throughout website
- global navigation contains links and case study links
- global navigation provides users one click access to most pages.
- second and third level pages have helpful sidebar menu options
- homepage banner images contains five marketing message, each with a link to more information.
- good collection of product images - helps users identify services
- clean design - very predictable
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Southwest Airlines
http://www.southwest.com/
- persistent global navigation - a lot of links that are nicely organized
- destination and arrival city drop menu provides easy access to all airports at a glance
- search result page allows user to easily modify flight dates
- location specific - you see a different homepage banner depending on your city location
- custom email alerts to cities you like to visit
- hotel finder has a cool slider tool to adjust price
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1-800 Flowers
http://1800flowers.com/
- good faceted navigation
- persistent global navigation
- good labeling
- predictable
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Crutchfield New Media
http://www.crutchfield.com/
- good autosuggest search box
- good global navigation
- good search result filtering
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New Mexico Children, Youth & Families Department
http://www.cyfd.org/
- Good global and local navigation
- Homepage is nicely organized by task items.
- Good content organization
- Search engine could be improved by including best bets and autosuggust.
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Movies.Com
http://www.movies.com/
- The search box has a great autosuggest feature that divides search terms into films and actors list.
- Good content organization.
- Good faceted searching in the In Home section.
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Richmond American Homes
http://www.richmondamerican.com/
- Good faceted searching on "Find your home" section.
- Global navigation allows users to quickly search for home in the area they are looking for.
- Top of homepage includes information for secondary target audience (current home owners and realtor's).
- Good content organization.
- Good site map.
- Persistent global navigation throughout website.
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Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
http://www.boozallen.com/
- Persistent global navigation throughout website.
- Global navigation provides one click access to second and third level pages.
- Breadcrumb navigation throughout website.
- Local side bar navigation on all lower pages.
- Functional flash banner - provides links to common user tasks.
- Search results page allows users to filter returned results.
- Great content organization for being such a large company.
- Site map seems to cover most website pages.
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City of Westminster
http://www.ci.westminster.co.us/
- Great content organization for being such a large website.
- Persistent global navigation.
- Persistent local side bar navigation.
- Breadcrumb navigation on all lower level pages.
- Homepage provides users quick access to frequent pages.
- Homepage content is well organized and well balanced.
- Good site map
- Good a-z index page
- Navigation and organization systems are consistent and predictable. Predictability = Good Usability.
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Center for Research Libraries
http://www.crl.edu/
- Persistent global navigation.
- Persistent local category navigation.
- Persistent breadcrumb navigation.
- Detailed site map.
- Quick Links allows for navigation to most popular pages.
- A-Z directory.
- Content is visually well organized.
- Information is organized by audience and topic.
- Recommendation: This site has a lot of content that is well organized but it would be nice if the user was presented related content tags. How does one page relate to other page within a different category.
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Media Temple, Inc
http://kb.mediatemple.net/
- This website has a very smart knowledge base system.
- Very nice search box feature. Best example of a autosuggest feature I have seen.
- Good content organization.
- The search box provides filter options.
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Elluminate
http://www.elluminate.com/
- This is a web conferencing software company.
- The site is well organized based on task completion.
- Good persistent global navigation.
- Persistent sub menu navigation on 2nd and 3rd level pages.
- Consistent content layout throughout website.
- Search results are broken up into categories inside of one long list of results. Very nice way to help user find what they are looking for based on context categories.
- Good hierarchical site map
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Zappos - online clothing store
http://www.zappos.com/
- Good content organization.
- Excellent faceted searching.
- Auto-suggest search box.
- Alternate keyword search term support.
- Persistent global navigation.
- Impressive site map.
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Kent State University
http://www.kent.edu/
- Persistent global navigation for second and third level pages.
- Persistent local navigation menu for second or third levels pages.
- Breadcrumb navigation system for lower level pages.
- Good content organization throughout website.
- Good user-centered and task oriented content.
- The site is so well structured, it becomes a very predictable experience for end-users.
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Clicker.com
http://www.clicker.com/
- search box has robust auto-suggest
- well organized videos
- good navigation
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Enhancing Education
http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/
- persistent global navigation
- accordion navigation allows users to view and access related section pages
- breadcrumb navigation
- related right column information to help users link to related content
- content is well written for the web - short and descriptive
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USC Rossier School of Education
http://mat.usc.edu/
- Right navigation allows users to click on the most important links.
- Persistent global navigation.
- Navigation links are audience targeted.
- Content is well written for web readers.
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Samaritan's Purse is a Christian organization
https://www.samaritanspurse.org
- persistant global navigation
- persistant local navigation on 2nd and 3rd level pages
- related content menu on each 2nd and 3rd level pages
- consisant content structure throughout website
- the primary user actions (pray, give get involved) are located on each page.
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National Center for State Courts
http://www.ncsc.org/
- Presistent global navigation
- Global navigation allows users to drill down to lower levels with one click
- Lower level pages have local navigation
- Lower level pages have related content links
- Homepage allows users to browse by topic, state, course, expert, and most popular
- Seach provides user with basic or advance features
- Breadcrumb navigation on every page
- Site collects user navigation hisotry "People who viewed this page also viewed"
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The University of Tennessee
http://www.utk.edu/
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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/
- persistent global navigation
- fly out global navigation menu
- breadcrumb navigation
- persistent local navigation
- a-z index
- content is will organized
- topic taxonomy
- footer navigation