Comments on: What is a Search Analyst? http://blog.leeromero.org/2009/01/27/what-is-a-search-analyst/ On Content, Collaboration and Findability Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:35:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mou Nandi http://blog.leeromero.org/2009/01/27/what-is-a-search-analyst/comment-page-1/#comment-7754 Mou Nandi Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:50:18 +0000 http://blog.leeromero.org/?p=297#comment-7754 This is a really good article and really identifies the job of a search analyst. I would like to share my experience on one point under the heading "Measuring Success as a Search Analyst" It is really tricky to "Measure overall increase in search usage " and measuring the quality of search results from that figure unless it is specifically designed to do so.There are several ways to using search usage as a measure of search usability 1. Tracking user activity from search result page and time spent on every page. 2. Conversion( people registering to the site, downloads from the site, buying from the site , calls made to customer service etc) generating from search result page. 3. Explicit feedback from visitors This is a really good article and really identifies the job of a search analyst.

I would like to share my experience on one point under the heading “Measuring Success as a Search Analyst”

It is really tricky to “Measure overall increase in search usage ” and measuring the quality of search results from that figure unless it is specifically designed to do so.There are several ways to using search usage as a measure of search usability

1. Tracking user activity from search result page and time spent on every page.

2. Conversion( people registering to the site, downloads from the site, buying from the site , calls made to customer service etc) generating from search result page.

3. Explicit feedback from visitors

]]> By: Avi Rappoport http://blog.leeromero.org/2009/01/27/what-is-a-search-analyst/comment-page-1/#comment-3019 Avi Rappoport Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:34:29 +0000 http://blog.leeromero.org/?p=297#comment-3019 This is a very fine article and I will definitely be linking back to it. This is a very fine article and I will definitely be linking back to it.

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