Use of Query Reformulation and Relevance Feedback by Excite Users.

Spink, Amanda; Jansen, Bernard J.; Ozmultu, H. Cenk

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ERIC Number: EJ613426

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2000

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Use of Query Reformulation and Relevance Feedback by Excite Users.

Spink, Amanda; Jansen, Bernard J.; Ozmultu, H. Cenk

Internet Research, v10 n4 p317-28 2000

Examines the use of query reformulation and particularly the use of relevance feedback by users of the Excite Web search engine. Discusses results that show limited use of query reformulation and relevance feedback; identifies the most common pattern of searching; and discusses implications for Web search system design. (Contains 16 references.) (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Computer System Design, Feedback, Information Retrieval, Man Machine Systems, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Search Strategies, World Wide Web

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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