Searching the Web: A survey of EXCITE users

Amanda Spink; Judy Bateman; Bernard J. Jansen

doi:10.1108/10662249910264882

Searching the Web: A survey of EXCITE users

Amanda Spink, Judy Bateman, Bernard J. Jansen

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	117-128
Number of pages	12
Journal	Internet Research
Volume	9
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/10662249910264882
Publication status	Published - 1999
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Search engine
Surveys
World Wide Web

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