Searching the Web: a survey of EXCITE users
Amanda Spink
(Amanda Spink is Assistant Professor in the School of Library and Information Science, University of North Texas, Denton, USA)
Judy Bateman
(Judy Bateman is Assistant Professor in the School of Library and Information Science, Catholic University of America, Texas, USA)
Bernard J. Jansen
(Bernard J. Jansen is Executive Officer in the Department of Electrical Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, USA)
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Abstract
Web search services are now a major source of information for a growing number of people. We need to know more about how users search Web search engines to improve the effectiveness of their information retrieval. This paper reports results from a major study exploring users’ information searching behavior on the EXCITE Web search engine. The study is the first to investigate Web users’ successive searching behavior as they conduct related searches
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Citation
Spink, A., Bateman, J. and Jansen, B.J. (1999), "Searching the Web: a survey of EXCITE users", Internet Research, Vol. 9 No. 2, pp. 117-128. https://doi.org/10.1108/10662249910264882
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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