Can Search Engines Be Used as Tools for Web-Link Analysis? A Critical View.

Snyder, Herbert; Rosenbaum, Howard

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ERIC Number: EJ599633

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Publication Date: 1999

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Can Search Engines Be Used as Tools for Web-Link Analysis? A Critical View.

Snyder, Herbert; Rosenbaum, Howard

Journal of Documentation, v55 n4 p375-84 Sep 1999

Investigates problems of using commercial search engines for Web-based research. Findings indicate that search engines are highly variable in their results, are limited in the search functions they offer, have poorly and/or incorrectly documented functions, use search logics that are opaque, and change search functions they offer over time. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Research Methodology, Research Problems, Search Strategies, World Wide Web

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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