Thoughts and Articles from Blend Interactive

Better understand the scope of your site search with this site search glossary.

Content and IA  |  Development  |  Strategy

How do you choose the right search engine for your site search? In part four of our site search series, we look at making the final decision.

Content and IA  |  Development  |  Strategy

When results are displayed in your site search, will they be relevant? In part three our site search series, we talk about organizing and displaying results.

Content and IA  |  Development  |  Strategy

You might want to search it all. Or, you might want to search a small section. In part two of our site search series, we look at how to choose what's indexed in your site search.

Content and IA  |  Development  |  Strategy

Before we can make decisions about site search, we need to understand how it works. In part one of our site search series, we look at how search works.

Content and IA  |  Development  |  Strategy

Site search requires big decisions — and solid expectations. We introduce a four-part series on planning for and making decisions around your site's internal search.

Content and IA  |  Development  |  Strategy

Blend’s strategic design philosophy is one of Design Through Discovery: we design in a way that's usable, useful, and collaborative with those who will use and maintain the final product.

Agencies  |  Content and IA  |  Design and Front-End  |  Discovery and Scoping

Web accessibility is a balance between good content and design, a well-built front-end, and a clear understanding of the legal ramifications of our websites. So we pulled a content strategist and a lawyer together to discuss the finer points of accessibility.

Accessibility  |  Content and IA

And the real work begins: how to manage the support and maintenance process, circulate and check new content, and keep the site fresh long after launch day.

Digital Optimization

An effective website depends on a collection of humans performing roles. Who are these people, what are they being asked to do, and how are lines of communication and reporting established?

Digital Optimization