Chapter 15

CARD SORTING-  Card sorting is a quick, inexpensive, and reliable method, which serves as input into your information design process. Card sorting generates an overall structure for your information, as well as suggestions for navigation, menus, and possible taxonomiesWhile card sorting might not provide you with final structure, it can help you answer many questions you will need to tackle throughout the information design phase. For example, more than likely there will be some areas that users disagree on regarding groupings or labels. In these cases, card sorting can help identify trends

common information architecture mistakes web designers make when creating a website -

1) No structure

2) search and structure not integraded

3) missing category landing pages

4) Poorly integrated with main site

5) Invisible navigation techniques

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