Title :
Multimedia Web queries: implications for design
Author :
Spink, Amanda ; Goodrum, Abby ; Hurson, Ali R.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Abstract :
The Web has enhanced the integration of textual and multimedia information. We examine changes in Web users´ multimedia searching on Excite (R), a major Web search service, over two years. Two data sets of 1025910 queries from 1997 and 1999 were analyzed. Key similarities and changes are identified. We identified changes in the multimedia terminology used and the length of multimedia queries. Our results are compared to findings from general Web searching studies. Implications for the design of multimedia systems and interfaces are discussed
Keywords :
information resources; information retrieval; multimedia systems; search engines; Excite; Web search service; Web user multimedia searching; data sets; design implications; general Web searching studies; multimedia Web queries; multimedia information; multimedia queries; multimedia systems design; multimedia terminology; Art; Cameras; Digital audio players; Educational institutions; Histograms; Image retrieval; Layout; Multimedia systems; Terminology; Web search;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology: Coding and Computing, 2001. Proceedings. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1062-0
DOI :
10.1109/ITCC.2001.918860
