Employing log metrics to evaluate search behaviour and success: Case study BBC search engine

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 584-597

  Huntington, Paul ^a   Nicholas, David ^a   Jamali, Hamid R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BBC; Search behaviour; Search engines; Transaction log analysis; User behaviour

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES; WEBSITES;

BBC (CO); SEARCH BEHAVIOR; TRANSACTION LOG ANALYSIS; USER BEHAVIOR;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 34748813049     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551506077407     Document Type: Article

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