An analysis of web proxy logs with query distribution pattern approach for search engines

Computer Standards and Interfaces

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 162-170

  Taghavi, Mona ^a   Patel, Ahmed ^b,c   Schmidt, Nikita ^b   Wills, Christopher ^c   Tew, Yiqi ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed search engines; Proxy server logs; Query analysis; Search engines; Web search services

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED SEARCH ENGINES; MARKET SHARE; PRINCIPAL FACTORS; PROXY SERVER; QUERY ANALYSIS; QUERY DISTRIBUTIONS; QUERY LENGTHS; SEARCH ENGINE CAPABILITIES; SERVICE PROVIDER; SHORT-TERM BUSINESS; WEB PROXY; WEB SEARCHES;

COMPETITION; INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS; SEARCH ENGINES;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 81855221691     PISSN: 09205489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csi.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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