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User Intentions

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John Battelle posted this Database of Intentions Chart:

The Purchase (Amazon, eBay, Walmart) What I buy.
The Query (Google, Yahoo!, Bing) What I want.
The Social Graph (Facebook, MySpace, Google) Who I am. Who I know.
The Status Update (Twitter, Facebook, Google) What I’m doing. What’s happening.
The Check In (Foursquare, Yelp, Gowalla) Where I am.

It’s all about sharing.

Check out the post for a prettier graphic.

I’d be interested in seeing such a chart for library websites? What are the intentions of users when the approach our sites, landing pages, databases and OPACs?

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on March 08, 2010 (boomark / email).