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Ozmutlu, H. Cenk; Spink, Amanda; Ozmutlu, Seda – Information Processing & Management, 2002
Discusses the need for tools that allow effective analysis of search engine queries to provide a greater understanding of Web users' information seeking behavior and describes a study that developed an effective strategy for selecting samples from large-scale data sets. Reports on Poisson sampling with data logs from the Excite search engine.…
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Measurement Techniques, Sampling, Search Engines
Ozmutlu, Seda; Ozmutlu, H. C.; Spink, Amanda – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
Findings from a study of users' multitasking searches on Web search engines include: multitasking searches are a noticeable user behavior; multitasking search sessions are longer than regular search sessions in terms of queries per session and duration; both Excite and AlltheWeb.com users search for about three topics per multitasking session and…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Design Preferences, Information Retrieval, Online Searching
Ozmutlu, Seda; Spink, Amanda; Ozmutlu, H. Cenk – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2002
Examines and compares multimedia Web searching by Excite and FAST search engine users in 2001. Highlights include audio and video queries; time spent on searches; terms per query; ranking of the most frequently used terms; and differences in Web search behaviors of U.S. and European Web users. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Multimedia Materials, Search Engines

Ozmutlu, Seda; Spink, Amanda; Ozmutlu, Huseyin C. – Information Processing & Management, 2003
Results from an analysis of 1,025,010 Excite queries from 2001 are compared to similar Excite datasets from 1997 to 1999. Overall, results indicate that multimedia Web searching is undergoing major changes as Web content and searching evolves. (AEF)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking

Spink, Amanda; Ozmutlu, H. Cenk; Ozmutlu, Seda – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Presents findings from four studies of the prevalence of multitasking information seeking and searching by Web (via the Excite search engine), information retrieval system (mediated online database searching), and academic library users. Highlights include human information coordinating behavior (HICB); and implications for models of information…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer System Design, Databases, Higher Education