Examines the use of query reformulation, and particularly the use of relevance feedback by users of the Excite Web search engine. A total of 985 user search sessions from a data set of 18,113 user search sessions containing 51,473 queries were examined. Includes a qualitative and quantitative analysis of 191 user sessions including more than one query, to examine patterns of user query reformulation; and second, all 804 user sessions including relevance feedback were examined. Results show limited use of query reformulation and relevance feedback by Excite users – only one in five users reformulated queries. Most relevance feedback sessions were successful. Identifies the most common pattern of searching and discusses implications for Web search system design.
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Amanda Spink;
Amanda Spink
Amanda Spink is Associate Professor in the School of Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Bernard J. Jansen;
Bernard J. Jansen
Bernard J. Jansen is Lecturer in the Computer Science Program at University of Maryland (Asian Division), Seoul, Korea.
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H. Cenk Ozmultu
H. Cenk Ozmultu
H. Cenk Ozmultu is a PhD candidate at the Department of Industrial Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-5657
Print ISSN: 1066-2243
© MCB UP Limited
2000
Internet Research (2000) 10 (4): 317–328.
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Spink A, Jansen BJ, Cenk Ozmultu H (2000), "Use of query reformulation and relevance feedback by Excite users". Internet Research, Vol. 10 No. 4 pp. 317–328, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/10662240010342621
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