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Download full textJansen, Bernard J.; Spink, Amanda; Saracevic, Tefko – 1999
This paper reports on a transaction log analysis of 51,473 queries from 18,113 users of Excite, a major World Wide Web search engine. Approximately 2,500 of these queries were from the use of relevance feedback. Given the high level of research activity and historical success of relevance feedback in assisting users in locating relevant…
Descriptors: Feedback, Information Retrieval, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Search Strategies
Peer reviewedJansen, Bernard J.; Spink, Amanda; Saracevic, Tefko – Information Processing & Management, 2000
Describes a study that analyzed transaction logs of users of Excite, an Internet search service. Highlights include data on sessions (changes in queries, number of pages viewed, and relevance feedback), queries (number of search terms and the use of logic and modifiers), and terms (rank/frequency distribution); user characteristics; and failure…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Search Strategies, Statistical Distributions
