Two Solitudes Revisited: A Cross-Cultural Exploration of Online Image Searcher’s Behaviors

SINCERITY: the making of a search engine for images indexed with a bilingual taxonomy

“…Consequently, we hypothesize that including a taxonomic structure to begin the OCLC 31,3 search process would be an interesting feature to include in our search interface (Ménard and Khashman, 2014). The idea of incorporating a taxonomy to help image retrieval has been suggested by many image searchers who participated in the exploration of the roles and usefulness of functionalities for image searching in a bilingual context (Ménard et al, 2013). Very few search engines offer their users the opportunity to browse a taxonomic structure to initiate their queries.…”

“…In the two previous phases, a best practices review was performed to acquire knowledge of the existing image search functionalities and to assess how they could be integrated in the development of a bilingual search interface dedicated specifically to images (Ménard and Smithglass, 2014). In the second phase, we investigated the roles and usefulness of these search characteristics and functionalities for the image search process in a bilingual context from the user's point of view, as image searchers are viewed as informants who can help web designers fill gaps with their knowledge (Ménard et al, 2013;Ménard and Khashman, 2014). The combination of the exploration of best practices for image retrieval, the analysis of the behaviours and needs of real users when searching for images provided the foundation for the initial design of the search interface that will be developed in the ultimate stage of the research project.…”

An analysis of user behaviors on the search engine results pages based on the demographic characteristics

“…Furthermore, semi-structured interviews were conducted. The details of the interview and the results of the interview analysis were presented in another paper by Ménard et al [14]. Note that only the study of Ménard and Khashman [13] and the study of Ménard et al [14] were presented in regarding the research project; besides, [13] was fully accessed while [14] was partially accessed.…”

“…The details of the interview and the results of the interview analysis were presented in another paper by Ménard et al [14]. Note that only the study of Ménard and Khashman [13] and the study of Ménard et al [14] were presented in regarding the research project; besides, [13] was fully accessed while [14] was partially accessed. When considering [13] and [14] based on the content as well as the design, only spelling-suggestion-related question from the 23 questions is related with the authors' study's spelling-suggestion-related question.…”

“…Note that only the study of Ménard and Khashman [13] and the study of Ménard et al [14] were presented in regarding the research project; besides, [13] was fully accessed while [14] was partially accessed. When considering [13] and [14] based on the content as well as the design, only spelling-suggestion-related question from the 23 questions is related with the authors' study's spelling-suggestion-related question. This content-as-well-as-design-based relation mentioned above is that this question and its answer options are similar with the authors' study's spelling-suggestion-related question and its answer options.…”