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Contents |
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Preface |
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PURPOSE AND APPROACH |
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AUDIENCE |
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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Foreword |
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Section I THE CONTEXT OF WEB SEARCH |
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Chapter 1 TECHNOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT |
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1. INTRODUCTION |
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2. WEB SEARCH TECHNOLOGY CONTEXT |
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3. WEB SEARCH ENGINES |
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3.1 Overview |
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3.2 The Web Search Engine Landscape |
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3.3 How Web Search Engines Work |
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3.4 Methods of Document Ranking |
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4. WEB SIZE |
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5. WEB SEARCHES |
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6. SOCIAL WEB CONTEXT |
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6.1 Internet Use at Home |
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7. ORGANIZATION WEB |
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8. CONCLUSION |
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9. REFERENCES |
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Chapter 2 HUMAN INFORMATION BEHAVIOR AND HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION CONTEXT |
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1. INTRODUCTION |
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2. HUMAN INFORMATION BEHAVIOR CONTEXT |
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3. HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION CONTEXT |
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4. RESEARCH METHODS |
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5. WEB SEARCH STUDIES |
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6. WEB SEARCH BEHAVIOR STUDIES |
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6.1 Web Search Behavior Studies 1995 to 1998 |
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6.2 Web Search Behavior Studies 1999 to 2001 |
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6.3 Web Search Behavior Studies 2002 to 2003 |
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7. SINGLE WEB SITE SEARCH STUDIES |
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8. WEB INFORMATION FORAGING STUDIES |
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9. CHILDREN’S WEB SEARCH STUDIES |
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10. TRAINING AND LEARNING STUDIES |
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11. WEB SEARCH EVALUATION STUDIES |
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12. CONCLUSION AND FURTHER RESEARCH |
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13. REFERENCES |
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Chapter 3 RESEARCH DESIGN |
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1. INTRODUCTION |
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2. WEB QUERY TRANSACTION LOG ANALYSIS |
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3. STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF WEB TRANSACTION LOG ANALYSIS |
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4. WEB SEARCH LOGS |
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5. ALTAVISTA |
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6. EXCITE |
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7. ALLTHEWEB.COM |
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8. WEB QUERY LOG FIELDS |
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9. ANALYSIS LEVELS |
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10. QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS |
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11. QUALITATIVE METHODS |
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11.1 Web Query Classification |
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11.2 Topical Analysis |
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11.3 Topical Relevance |
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12. STRENGTH AND LIMITATIONS |
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13. CONCLUSION |
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14. REFERENCES |
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Section II HOW PEOPLE SEARCH THE WEB |
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Chapter 4 SEARCH TERMS |
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1. INTRODUCTION |
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2. WEB SEARCH TERM TRENDS |
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3. AGGREGATE DATA BY WEB SEARCH ENGINES |
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3.1 AlltheWeb.com |
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3.2 AltaVista |
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3.3 Excite |
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4. IN-DEPTH ANALYSES BY WEB SEARCH ENGINE |
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4.1 AlltheWeb.com |
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4.2 AltaVista |
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4.3 Excite |
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5. CONCLUSION |
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6. REFERENCES |
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Chapter 5 SEARCH QUERIES |
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1. INTRODUCTION |
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2. WEB QUERYING |
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3. WEB QUERY STRUCTURE |
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4. WEB SEARCH ENGINE QUERY TRENDS |
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5. AGGREGATE DATA BY SEARCH ENGINE |
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5.1 AlltheWeb.com |
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5.2 AltaVista |
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5.3 Excite |
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6. ALLTHEWEB.COM IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS |
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6.1 Query Length |
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6.2 Use of Advanced Web Search Features |
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6.3 Repeat Web Queries |
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6.4 Language Preference |
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6.5 Web Documents Viewed Per Query |
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7. ALTAVISTA IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS |
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7.1 Web Query Length |
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7.2 Use of Advanced Web Search Features |
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7.3 Repeat Web Queries |
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8. EXCITE IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS |
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8.1 Web Query Length |
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8.2 Use of Advanced Search Features |
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8.3 Repeat Web Queries |
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9. NATURAL LANGUAGE WEB QUERIES |
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10. CONCLUSION |
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11. REFERENCES |
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Chapter 6 SEARCH SESSIONS |
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1. INTRODUCTION |
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2. WEB SEARCH SESSIONS |
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3. WEB SEARCH ENGINE SESSIONS TRENDS |
117 |
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4. AGGREGATE DATA BY WEB SEARCH ENGINE |
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4.1 AlltheWeb.com |
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4.2 AltaVista |
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4.3 Excite |
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5. ALLTHEWEB.COM IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS |
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5.1 Web Session Length |
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5.2 Web Session Duration |
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5.3 Results Pages Viewed |
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5.4 Click Through Analysis |
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5.5 Topical Relevance of Documents Viewed |
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6. ALTAVISTA IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS |
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6.1 Session Length |
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6.2 Web Session Duration |
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6.3 Results Pages Viewed |
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7. EXCITE IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS |
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7.1 Session Length |
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7.2 Results Pages Viewed |
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8. AGENT SESSIONS |
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9. SUCCESSIVE SEARCH SESSIONS |
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10. MULTITASKING SEARCH SESSIONS |
134 |
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11. CONCLUSION |
135 |
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12. REFERENCES |
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Section III SUBJECTS OF WEB SEARCH |
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Chapter 7 E-COMMERCE WEB SEARCHING |
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1. INTRODUCTION |
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2. WEB E- COMMERCE |
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3. E-COMMERCE WEB SEARCH |
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4. TRENDS ANALYSIS |
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5. E-COMMERCE WEB QUERY TRENDS |
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6. EXCITE 2001 E-COMMERCE SESSIONS |
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6.1 E-Commerce Query Structure |
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6.2 Excite E-Commerce Query Subjects |
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7. E-COMMERCE WEB SEARCH TRENDS |
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8. CONCLUSION |
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9. REFERENCES |
149 |
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Chapter 8 MEDICAL AND HEALTH WEB SEARCHING |
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1. INTRODUCTION |
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2. RELATED STUDIES |
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3. MEDICAL WEB SEARCHING |
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4. MEDICAL/HEALTH QUERIES |
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5. MEDICAL ADVICE- SEEKING |
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5.1 General Medical/Health |
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5.2 Human Relationships |
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5.3 Weight |
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5.4 Reproductive Health |
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5.5 Pregnancy/Baby |
156 |
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6. MEDICAL AND HEALTH ADVICE-SEEKING |
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6.1 Personified and Opinion Queries |
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7. DISCUSSION |
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8. REFERENCES |
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Chapter 9 SEXUALLY-RELATED WEB SEARCHING |
163 |
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1. INTRODUCTION |
163 |
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2. HUMAN INTERNET SEXUALITY |
163 |
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3. SEXUALITY AND WEB SEARCHING |
164 |
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4. SEXUALLY-RELATED WEB SEARCHING |
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5. TRENDS IN SEXUAL WEB SEARCHING |
167 |
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6. ALLTHEWEB.COM QUERIES |
168 |
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7. ALTAVISTA QUERIES |
169 |
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8. DISCUSSION |
171 |
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9. CONCLUSION |
172 |
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10. REFERENCES |
173 |
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Chapter 10 MULTIMEDIA SEARCHING |
175 |
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1. INTRODUCTION |
175 |
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2. IMAGE RETRIEVAL |
176 |
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3. MULTIMEDIA SEARCHING |
178 |
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4. MULTIMEDIA WEB SEARCHING TRENDS |
178 |
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5. DATA COLLECTION |
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6. MULTIMEDIA WEB SEARCH USING DISTINCT CONTENT COLLECTIONS |
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7. MULTIMEDIA SESSIONS |
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8. MULTIMEDIA QUERIES |
185 |
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9. MULTIMEDIA WEB TERMS |
186 |
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10. DISCUSSION |
187 |
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11. CONCLUSION |
189 |
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12. REFERENCES |
190 |
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Section IV CONCLUSION |
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Chapter 11 KEY FINDINGS, TRENDS, FURTHER RESEARCH AND CONCLUSIONS |
195 |
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1. KEY FINDINGS |
195 |
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2. SOCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH |
195 |
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3. COGNITIVE RESEARCH |
196 |
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4. RESEARCH METHODS |
196 |
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5. COMMON SEARCH CHARACTERISTICS |
197 |
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6. SEARCH TOPICS |
197 |
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7. QUERY LENGTH |
198 |
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8. BOOLEAN OPERATOR USAGE |
198 |
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9. SEARCH SESSION LENGTH |
199 |
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10. PAGE VIEWING |
199 |
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11. GEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES |
200 |
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12. E-COMMERCE QUERIES |
200 |
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13. MEDICAL QUERIES |
201 |
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14. SEXUAL QUERIES |
201 |
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15. MULTIMEDIA QUERIES |
201 |
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16. TRAINING STUDIES AND SEARCH ENGINE EVALUATIONS |
202 |
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17. WEB SEARCH TRENDS |
203 |
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18. CONCLUSIONS |
203 |
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19. REFERENCES |
204 |
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SUBJECT INDEX |
205 |
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AUTHOR INDEX |
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