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A longitudinal study of World Wide Web users' information-searching behavior

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Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
163 KB
Volume
53
Category
Article
ISSN
1532-2882

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A study of the β€œreal world” Web information searching behavior of 206 college students over a 10‐month period showed that, contrary to expectations, the users adopted a more passive or browsing approach to Web information searching and became more eclectic in their selection of Web hosts as they gained experience. The study used a longitudinal transaction log analysis of the URLs accessed during 5,431 user days of Web information searching to detect changes in information searching behavior associated with increased experience of using the Web. The findings have implications for the design of future Web information retrieval tools.

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