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I don't Google Madonna. (After Thought).(Econtent professionals should know two ways users consume information; should encourage serendipidity)

Publication: EContent
Publication Date: 01-JAN-03
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
It seems to me there are exactly two ways to use and deploy econtent. As econtent professionals, I think we've focused too much effort on one way: answer my question, while not spending enough energy on the other: tell me something. Too often we're building products and services or helping of...

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...our users solve only half their information needs. At our own peril, we're not listening to the people who use the sites and services we build and deploy.

The more obvious way to use econtent is to help users answer my question. In the purest form, a site like www.google.com exists only to answer questions. With a site or content product organized around answering questions, users must already know...

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