An investigation of the effectiveness of the "similar pages" feature of Google

Online Information Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 370-378

  Hariri, Nadjla ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Inter computer links; Internet; Search engines

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTROL THEORY; FEEDBACK; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; KETONES; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MILITARY DATA PROCESSING; SEARCH ENGINES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; INFORMATION NEEDS; MEAN VALUE (MV); PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF INFORMATION (QOI); RELEVANCE FEEDBACK (RF) TECHNIQUES; RELEVANCE FEEDBACK (RRF); RETRIEVAL (MIR); RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; SYSTEM DESIGNS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 46249094436     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520810889673     Document Type: Article

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