Real Life, Real Users, and Real Needs: A Study and Analysis of User Queries on the Web.

Jansen, Bernard J.; Spink, Amanda; Saracevic, Tefko

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ERIC Number: EJ605263

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Publication Date: 2000

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Real Life, Real Users, and Real Needs: A Study and Analysis of User Queries on the Web.

Jansen, Bernard J.; Spink, Amanda; Saracevic, Tefko

Information Processing & Management, v36 n2 p207-27 Mar 2000

Describes a study that analyzed transaction logs of users of Excite, an Internet search service. Highlights include data on sessions (changes in queries, number of pages viewed, and relevance feedback), queries (number of search terms and the use of logic and modifiers), and terms (rank/frequency distribution); user characteristics; and failure analysis. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Search Strategies, Statistical Distributions, Subject Index Terms, Tables (Data), World Wide Web

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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