Evaluating the stability of the search tools Hotbot and Snap: a case study

被引：22

作者：

Bar-Ilan, J ^{[1
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机构：

[1] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Sch Lib Arch & Informat Studies, Jerusalem, Israel

来源：

ONLINE INFORMATION REVIEW | 2000年 / 24卷 / 06期

关键词：

user studies; information retrieval; internet; reliability; interfaces;

D O I：

10.1108/14684520010362099

中图分类号：

TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

Discusses the results of a case study in which 20 random queries were presented for ten consecutive days to Hotbot and Snap, two search tools that draw their results from the database of Inktomi. The results show huge daily fluctuations in the number of hits retrieved by Hotbot, and high stability in the hits displayed by Snap. These findings are to alert users of Hotbot of its instability as of October 1999, and they raise questions about the reliability of previous studies estimating the size of Hotbot based on its overlap with other search engines.

引用

页码：439 / 449

页数：11

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