All Posters.com www.allposters.com: the World's Largest Poster

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• All Posters.com (www.allposters.com) the
  World's Largest Poster Print Store stocking
  over 400,000 Posters, Prints, Canvas Transfers
  and Pre-Framed Art
• It has a large amount of content that needs
  accurate and informative description
• Its audience is presumed to be made of customers
  with varying levels of art knowledge, ranging
  from naïve to well-informed
• It rests upon a hierarchical structure of content
  links that encourages browsing.

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Global Navigation Display
Local Navigation Display
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Ad Hoc Display
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Local Navigation Display
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Global Navigation Display
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Ad Hoc Display
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Example of search for "Audrey Flack" in
allposters.com
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Example of terminology control in allposters.com
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Suggestions for Improvement
Introduce facets explicitly and consistently

• Type
• audience (children college students)
• medium (apparel cardboard standup)
• style (decorative abstract)
• color (red black white)

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Suggestions for Improvement
Introduce facets explicitly and consistently

• Function Browse or Search
• "EntertainmentBrowse or Search by Audience" for
  posters pitched to a College-age customer
• "Specialty ProductsBrowse or Search by Medium"
  for movie-themed t-shirts.

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Suggestions for Improvement
Introduce a synonym ring to catch variants and
spelling errors

• Retrieve Authur (Weegee) Fellig when user
  searches for WeGee
• Retrieve Paul Reubens when user searches for Pee
  Wee Herman

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Suggestions for Improvement
Remove the left-side frame

• Frames have been rejected by the IA community for
  their poor usability
• Freeing the taxonomy from the restricted frame
  would expand its display

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Suggestions for Improvement
Break down overly large categories such as
"Entertainment" which contains other broad
concepts (e.g., Movies, Music, People).