Book Details

Web Search: Public Searching of the Web

Publication year: 2005

ISBN: 978-1-4020-2269-2

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The study of the Web search is an exciting and important area of interdisciplinary research. Our book provides a valuable insight into the growth and development of human interaction with Web search engines. In this book, our focus is on the human aspect of the interaction between user and Web search engine. We do not investigate the Web search engines themselves or their constantly changing interfaces, algorithms and features. We focus on exploring the cognitive and user aspects of public Web searching in the aggregate. We use a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods within the overall methodology known as transaction log analysis.


Subject: Computer Science, E-Commerce, behavior, computer, human-computer interaction (HCI), interaction, multimedia, organization