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Subject: Survey on directory structure usage

Emilio (19p/+0r) Posted: Saturday 14 Apr 2001
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I was recently visiting Google ( bless their soul's ) when I stumbled upon a very interesting technique they were using to structure their search results. Below is a search I performed looking for "Midi Software":

The page that was returned had the following title on it: Software Computers > Multimedia > Music and Audio > MIDI > Software

And interestingly enough, the URL to the page: http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Multimedia/Music_and_Audio/MIDI/So ftware/

The reason I find this interesting is because I had never thought of using the URL to provide the user with feedback as to their whereabouts in the site and/or what they were doing (I thought hiding this was actually a good thing). So I would like to know what peoples thoughts are on using this technique or if it really only applies to presenting large amounts of information. Does this kind of structure apply to applications whose functionality is usually tied to menus?

Normally when I go to a web site I click on links within the page and don't really pay much attention to the URL, (as it usually contains way too much information). In Google's case you could almost use your keyboard to navigate the site...Try it! I just did and its really cool, F4:http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Multimedia/Music_and_Audio/ F4:http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Multimedia/Music_and_Audio/MIDI / F4:http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Multimedia/Music_and_Audio/MIDI /Software/

The nerd in me says "woohoo!" finally I have "prompt" with which to interact with and a common set of commands for getting my tasks done: (hypothetically speaking) http://services.wohNelly.com/Root/Reference/Category/Programming/Language/Fu sebox/index.cfm?action=getAuthor&Sort=Asc&LastName=RockHorse

http://services.wohNelly.com/Root/Training/MyEnrollments/CourseName/Section2 /index.cfm?action=startLesson http://services.wohNelly.com/Root/Training/MyEnrollments/CourseName/FinalExa m/index.cfm?action=startExam http://services.wohNelly.com/Root/Training/Registrar/UserMessage/FailureNoti fication/index.cfm?action=ALL.YOUR.BASE.ARE.BELONG.TO.US

So is this practical or useful? Part of me says it sure seems nerdy...but another part says it looks cool ;)

Late night ponderings...zzz E

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