The impact of metadata implementation on webpage visibility in search engine results (part II)

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 691-715

  Zhang, Jin ^a   Dimitroff, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Search engine optimization; Webpage placement; Webpage visibility metadata

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METADATA; TEXT PROCESSING; USABILITY ENGINEERING; WEBSITES;

KEYWORD EXTRACTION; SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION (SEO); WEBPAGE PLACEMENT; WEBPAGE VISIBILITY;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 10644226694     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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