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This guide covers the fundamentals of information architecture for organizing website content. We will look into popular IA design patterns, best practices, design techniques, and case examples.

Recommended as Bob Johnson's link of the week for the 4 categories of action.

Donna Spencer guides you through some simple steps to better IA and leaves you feeling empowered and able to run your own IA projects. Whether it's organising content, providing clear descriptions or ways for people to get to them, this book is armed with practical advice and examples.

Cross-Channel Blueprints: A tool for modern IA via @zite

"Interface design encompasses three distinct, but related constructs--usability, visualization, and functionality (Vertelney, Arent,

From FastCompany: 2011 was a huge year for infographic design. Large companies embraced data renderings as a business strategy like never before, whether it was to promote their brand (GE) or bolster their bottom line (the New York Times). Nowhere was that more evident than at Facebook. Timeline, the site’s most ambitious redesign to date, brought the central tenet of data viz--organizing unwieldy bits and bobs into a compelling, visual narrative--to millions of people around the world.

Brilliant: how to fight for keywords niches.

keyword research is site structure planning - your target keyword niches become your site's categories.