DocumentCode
1416895
Title
Seek, and ye shall find [Web search engines comparison]
Author
Filman, Robert ; Pena-Mora, Feniosky
Author_Institution
Lockheed Martin
Volume
2
Issue
4
fYear
1998
Firstpage
78
Lastpage
83
Abstract
This article compares popular search engines with regard to relevance and precision. In an unscientific sampling technique, the we tried the search engines with the following goals: Magna Carta-find the text of the Magna Carta; Mercury-the specific gravity of Mercury; Hide and Seek-we look for a specific image, a painting by surrealist Pavel Tchelitchew; Publish- an amorphous search request for the software topic “event-based programming using publish and subscribe;” Feniosky-a people-finding task; and McCarthy-a common name. The results for each engine are listed
Keywords
Internet; information retrieval system evaluation; online front-ends; Web search engines; precision; relevance; search engines; Database languages; Filling; Humans; Internet; Search engines; Testing; Turning; Uniform resource locators; Vocabulary;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Internet Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1089-7801
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/4236.707809
Filename
707809
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