Hello Nicola
There are some interesting, and possibly relevant, ideas from Nielsen at
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/980614.html I looked at this becase at the
back of my mind is the idea that he did some kind of survey on this very
issue. Others may be able to shed light on it...Brian?
We are considering registering more and more variants of our name (although
many are taken including http://www.kingscollegelondon.com/ which
mysteriously goes to an Escort Agency!). However, I think the key to this is
getting more and better inward links and better results on search engines.
As far as figures go, I for one always try to 'guess' a URL when I'm looking
for something new, before going off to Google or whatever. Perhaps you could
do a quick survey on this list.
Andrew
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> Subject: Desperately Seeking Facts ...
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> Trying to find out whether anyone anywhere has done any
> research into how
> users go about finding websites if they don't know the url.
>
> Mainly interested in whether url guessing actually happens or not and
> whether anyone has the figures to prove it. Have found a lot
> of conjecture
> so far, but I'm quite good at providing that kind of stuff myself!
>
> Any leads gratefully received ...
>
>
> Nicola Rogers
> WWW Editorial Officer
> University of Cambridge
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