Examining Web Search Trends Across Arab Countries

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1585-1593

  Al Kabi, Mohammed ^a   Wahbeh, Abdullah ^b   Alsobeh, Anas ^a   Ale'roud, Ahmad ^c   Alsmadi, Izzat ^a  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b Dakota Sate University ^*  (United States)

^c University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabic Web searches; Query; Search engine; Search trends; Web searching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865626427     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-012-0263-9     Document Type: Article

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