stltoday.com Usability Study --
How to find McGwire's 62nd home run

To go to the archives search page

• Go to the News section through the top navigation bar
• Go to PD Archives through the right navigation bar.

• Go to http://home.post-dispatch.com/channel/pdweb.nsf/pages/SimpleSearchPage
• Search using the terms “McGwire home run 62”.
• Only search the year “1998.”

From stltoday.com

Below are some examples of the searches done during the study from either “site search” or the Archives search page. These searches did not lead to success for the users.

• mark mcquire
• news article on mark mcgwire's 62ndhomerun
• homerun
• september 1998
• Mark McGwire 62nd home run
• mark mc
• mark mcgwire's 62nd home run
• McGwire 62nd Home Run (This returned search results with articles on Real Estate.)

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Written by Joe Grant
Grant Consulting, Inc.
Posted on August 30, 2001

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