Influencing Factors and Results
nUser’s understanding of the Web
nUser’s experience
nMental model
nUser’s expectation
n
nUser’s Goal
nSituational goals
nSpecific search goals
nFormat goals
nSearching Approaches
nLinking
nUse of search engines
nURL use
nOnline catalog use
nSearching within a web-site domain
nUsers are categorized based on # of approaches used