Performance of question-based vs keyword-based search engines and effect of web user characteristics on search engine performance

Ozmutlu S.

ONLINE INFORMATION REVIEW, cilt.29, sa.6, ss.656-675, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 29 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2005
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1108/14684520510638098
  • Dergi Adı: ONLINE INFORMATION REVIEW
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.656-675
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to investigate whether question and keyword-format queries are more successfully processed by search engines encouraging answers to searching and keyword-format querying, respectively. This study aims to investigate whether web user characteristics and choice of search engine affects the relevancy scores and precision of the results.