Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ647559
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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Characteristics of Question Format Web Queries: An Exploratory Study.
Spink, Amanda; Ozmutlu, H. Cenk
Information Processing & Management, v38 n4 p453-71 Jul 2002
Provides results from a study that examined queries in question format submitted to two Web search engines, Ask Jeeves and Excite. Identifies four types of user Web queries: keyword, Boolean, question, and request; discusses implications for Web search services; and suggests further research needs. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Keywords, Online Searching, Research Needs, Search Engines, Search Strategies, World Wide Web
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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