• 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