I'm putting together a music based website where users can explore artists and albums. One pattern I've noticed amongst content heavy sites like IMDB and YouTube is that they go the extra mile as far as providing browsing history for registered users.
Are there studies, articles, or discussions that key-in on why having a browser history available to a user is/isn't beneficial? As a webmaster I can imagine that it would result in a higher click-through rate but this question in particular is geared towards the user than anything.