Title :
Adverse Selection in Online Search
Author :
Kumar, Nishant ; Rai, Pragya
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Decision Sci. & Inf. Manage., Katholieke Univ., Leuven
Abstract :
We test the adverse selection problem in search engine results and report our work-in-progress on the trustworthiness of popular search engines results. We also give our reflection on user behavior and satisfaction level while performing search functions. On the methodological side we try to develop a new approach in measuring performance and trustworthiness of Web search engines. We highlight the problems associated with evaluation and suggest for future research.
Keywords :
performance evaluation; search engines; Web search engines performance; adverse selection; online search engine; search functions; user behavior; Advertising; Certification; Databases; Decision making; Expert systems; Information management; Reflection; Search engines; System testing; Web search;
Conference_Titel :
Database and Expert Systems Application, 2008. DEXA '08. 19th International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Turin
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3299-8
DOI :
10.1109/DEXA.2008.93