How are we searching the World Wide Web? A comparison of nine search engine transaction logs

Jansen, Bernard J.; Spink, Amanda

doi:10.1016/j.ipm.2004.10.007

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“…These analyses have provided valuable information characterising user queries and sessions, e.g. [14,10], and give a useful overview of search behaviour on the Web.…”

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Exploring Query Patterns in Email Search

Harvey¹,

Elsweiler

2012

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. Despite Email being the most popular communication medium currently in use and that people have been shown to regularly re-use messages, very little is known about how people actually search within email clients. In this paper we present a detailed analysis of email search behaviour obtained from a study of 47 users. We uncover a number of behavioral patterns that contrast with those previously observed in web search. From our findings, we describe ways in which email search could be improved and conclude with a short discussion of possible future work.

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“…These analyses have provided valuable information characterising user queries and sessions, e.g. [14,10], and give a useful overview of search behaviour on the Web.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Query Patterns in Email Search

Harvey¹,

Elsweiler

2012

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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“…General Internet users most frequently search for people, places or things (41.5% in 2002). Most pertinently, the cross-study comparison by Jansen and Spink (2006) confirmed that the viewing of only one results page is increasing, with the percentage of searchers viewing only one results page increasing from 29% in 1997 to 73% in 2002.…”

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“…People's attention span is brief when finding information on the Web, with Web researchers spending between 5 and 120 minutes for individual sessions (Jansen and Spink 2006). In their comparison of nine studies of Web search based on Web transaction logs, Jansen and Spink (2006) found that the average search session length is fifteen minutes and that this has remained stable from 1997-2002.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In their comparison of nine studies of Web search based on Web transaction logs, Jansen and Spink (2006) found that the average search session length is fifteen minutes and that this has remained stable from 1997-2002. Singleterm queries counted for between 20-30% of all queries with an increasing trend for shorter queries.…”

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Search Engines and Expertise about Global Issues: Well-defined Landscape or Undomesticated Wilderness?

2008

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U n c o r r e c t e d P r o o fA. Spink and M. Zimmer (eds.) Summary This chapter investigates the 'winner-takes-all' hypothesis in relation to how academic researchers access online sources and resources. Some have argued that the Web provides access to a wider range of sources of information than offline resources. Others, such as Hindman et al. (2003), have shown that access to online resources is highly concentrated, particularly because of how Internet search engines are designed. With researchers increasingly using the Web and Internet search engines to disseminate and locate information and expertise, the question of whether the use of online resources enhances or diminishes the range of available sources of expertise is bound to become more pressing. To address this question four globally relevant knowledge domains were investigated using large-scale link analysis and a series of semi-structured interviews with UK-based academic researchers.We found there to be no uniform 'winner-takes-all' effect in the use of online resources. Instead, there were different types of information gatekeepers for the four domains we examined and for the types of resources and sources that are sought. Particular characteristics of a knowledge domain's information environment appear to determine whether Google and other Internet search engines function as a facilitator in accessing expertise or as an influential gatekeeper. IntroductionIt is widely believed that the rapid diffusion of the Internet and the Web has transformed knowledge and expertise by widening access and making information available globally. Whilst there has been an exponential increase in the production and use of networked digital resources, little is known about the reach and impact of this form of distributed knowledge. Some have argued that information technology could have a 'democratizing' impact on knowledge and information (Dahl 1989), others have argued the opposite: that in the online world these resources have in fact become concentrated in a 'winner-takes-all' effect (Hindman et al. 2003), due in part to the link-based indexing algorithms of search engines and how such tools are embedded in information seeking practices. There is thus a need to Spink_Ch14.indd 255 Spink_Ch14.indd 255

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“…Appendix A provides details of these search terms and websites. The Search terms were employed to conduct a series of searches using Google; the most frequently used search engine in the UK [12]and the sample was taken from the first results page, mimicking typical browsing [13].…”

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Assessment of the quality and content of website health information about herbal remedies for menopausal symptoms

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Objective: To assess quality, readability and coverage of website information about herbal remedies for menopausal symptoms. Study design:A purposive sample of commercial and non-commercial websites was assessed for quality (DISCERN), readability (SMOG) and information coverage. Main outcome measures:Non-parametric and parametric tests were used to explain variability of these factors across types of websites and to assess associations between website quality and information coverage.Results: 39 sites were assessed. Median quality and information coverage scores were 44/80 and 11/30 respectively. The median readability score was 18.7, similar to UK broadsheets. Commercial websites scored significantly lower on quality (p=0.014), but there were no statistical differences for information coverage or readability. There was a significant positive correlation between information quality and coverage scores irrespective of website provider (r=0.69, p<0.001, n=39).Conclusion: Overall website quality and information coverage is poor and the required reading level high. 1.

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How are we searching the World Wide Web? A comparison of nine search engine transaction logs

Cited by 642 publications

References 36 publications

Exploring Query Patterns in Email Search

Exploring Query Patterns in Email Search

Search Engines and Expertise about Global Issues: Well-defined Landscape or Undomesticated Wilderness?

Assessment of the quality and content of website health information about herbal remedies for menopausal symptoms

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