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To what extent do newly registered users search for how-to information?
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We are interested in understanding whether newly registered users search for information on how to accomplish specific tasks (e.g. "how do I create an article?").

The sample data of searches can help us answer this. To do so likely requires some exploratory analysis in order to understand the types of questions and phrasing used. Then, we can dig into the data and learn more about the extent of this.

Because this process is likely to be iterative and requires language knowledge, fast iteration means we're limited to languages that we're fluent in.

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mpopov moved this task from Triage to Backlog on the Product-Analytics board.

We may also want to consider looking at search queries from the Help panel, assuming T209301 is implemented.

@kzimmerman -- this is an analysis that we still think would be interesting and potentially useful one day, but has not been a priority in the last year. Do you think tasks of that status should stay open somewhere? Or closed?

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This is a task that would be interesting to do. At the same time, it's unclear when or if it'll be a priority for the Growth team. Should the need to understand more about how newcomers search for how-to information come up at some point in the future, I suggest creating a new task with a fresh set of questions based on the team's needs at that time.