Re: Best Methodology for Search Usability Testing?

> It's hard to say "Search for anything" or "Do what you would normally do" because the user isn't in a normal situation if in a test environment
>
> Any thoughts?

Not a perfect scenario (is there ever such a thing?) but how about:

In this day and age, I think there are e.g. community college or adult
education classes which purport to teach people how to use tech like
the Web. If you aren't looking for advanced computer users, but more
of your regular person, maybe those kinds of classes would be useful
to contact? Maybe you could work with the instructors and students to
try things out (in class or immediately afterwards or something).

sincerely.
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