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findability

findability

1 5.4
The ease of locating information or items online
  • noun
  • /faɪndəˈbɪlɪti/
  • Texting
translation icon : encontrabilidad
  • improve findability

Examples

  • A follow-up post will explore how to design for findability using a design methodology and architecture called SeSAM.

    Blog text (23)

  • It is known from information science that findability is one of the prime concerns for professional workers when selecting an information source; thus, they prefer information sources that give them reliable information at a low cost.

    Blog text (23)

  • We did this for two main reasons: one, to increase database findability by using the subjects students are already familiar with; two, to provide consistency with the course and subject guides in LibGuides.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Our user experience testing of the A-Z list has confirmed that directly associating resources with the course names and course codes our students are familiar with improves the findability of the most pertinent resources for each course.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The website's findability improved significantly after the search engine optimization was updated.

  • Good findability is essential for users to locate relevant information quickly on digital platforms.

  • To enhance the findability of resources, libraries often implement categorized indexing systems.

Synonyms

discoverability
vsfindability
  • Texting
1 5.5

The ease of finding something on a website or app

is broader and applies to information and resources across digital environments
retrievability
vsfindability
  • Specialized
7.0

How easy it is to find and access information when needed

is about general ease of locating resources rather than recovery on demand
browsability
vsfindability
  • Jargon
4.9

How easy it is to look through and find things online

focuses on being directly easy to locate rather than on exploration

Antonyms

obscurity
5 7.4

Hard to understand or see, making people feel confused

inaccessibility
2 8.3

A state when people cannot reach or get something easily

How Findable

prominence
40 5.6
findability
  • Texting
1 5.4
visibility
46 3.4
obscurity
33 7.4

Surface Forms

findability singular
findabilities plural

Morphology

findability = findable (transparent) = find + able + ity

Formed by regular adjective formation ('find' → 'findable') followed by nominalizing '-ity', so the meaning is directly inferable from the base.

Etymology

The word findability comes from the simple verb find ('to discover') and the ending -ability ('able to be'). So findability means how easy something is to find, for example how easy it is to find information on a website or in an app.