Web users re-visit in steps: Researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University are examining how people relocate information rather than how they find it the first time. [...]
The researchers' study showed that people tend to use a two-stage process to find information they have seen before, that they use domain information and context to move closer to a goal, and that annotations make things easier.
The results could lead to tools that would help users re-access Web pages more quickly and easily, including finding the same information using devices ranging from desktop computers to mobile phones.
