Testing search
- Martin White CMSwire > The Ins and Outs of Search Application Testing
- Testing search is a wicked (hard) problem
- Challenges include:
- Subjective results – some require a user’s judgement
- Large base of users implies large range of expectations
- Broad testing of filters and facets – billions of permutations
- Fixing can take major recrawling
- Suggestion: introduce User Satisfaction Testing
- Requires planning / analysis / feedback