Real life information retrieval: A study of user queries on the web

Bernard J. Jansen; Amanda Spink; Judy Bateman; Tefko Saracevic

doi:10.1145/281250.281253

Real life information retrieval: A study of user queries on the web

Bernard J. Jansen^*
, Amanda Spink
, Judy Bateman
, Tefko Saracevic

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We analyzed transaction logs of a set of 51,473 queries posed by 18,113 users of Excite, a major Internet search service. We provide data on: (i) queries - the number of search terms, and the use of logic and modifiers, (ii) sessions - changes in queries during a session, number of pages viewed, and use of relevance feedback, and (iii) terms - their rank/frequency distribution and the most highly used search terms. Common mistakes are also observed. Implications are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5-17
Number of pages	13
Journal	SIGIR Forum (ACM Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval)
Volume	32
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/281250.281253
Publication status	Published - 1998
Externally published	Yes

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