Real life, real users, and real needs: a study and analysis of user queries on the web Export

@article{citeulike:841764, abstract = {. We analyzed transaction logs containing 51,473 queries posed by 18,113 users of Excite, a major Internet search service. We provide data on: (i) sessions - changes in queries during a session, number of pages viewed, and use of relevance feedback, (ii) queries - the number of search terms, and the use of logic and modifiers, and (iii) terms - their rank/frequency distribution and the most highly used search terms. We then shift the focus of analysis from the query to the user to gain insight...}, author = {Jansen, Bernard J. and Spink, Amanda and Saracevic, Tefko}, citeulike-article-id = {841764}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.26.3279}, journal = {Information Processing and Management}, keywords = {logging, query, search\_engines, web\_epistemology}, number = {2}, pages = {207--227}, posted-at = {2006-09-13 12:15:09}, priority = {2}, title = {Real life, real users, and real needs: a study and analysis of user queries on the web}, url = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.26.3279}, volume = {36}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:841764 L3 - citeulike-article-id:841764 N2 - . We analyzed transaction logs containing 51,473 queries posed by 18,113 users of Excite, a major Internet search service. We provide data on: (i) sessions - changes in queries during a session, number of pages viewed, and use of relevance feedback, (ii) queries - the number of search terms, and the use of logic and modifiers, and (iii) terms - their rank/frequency distribution and the most highly used search terms. We then shift the focus of analysis from the query to the user to gain insight... IS - 2 JF - Information Processing and Management EP - 227 TI - Real life, real users, and real needs: a study and analysis of user queries on the web VL - 36 SP - 207 KW - logging KW - query KW - search_engines KW - web_epistemology AU - Jansen, Bernard AU - Spink, Amanda AU - Saracevic, Tefko PY - 2000/// UR - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.26.3279 ER -