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Tomaiuolo, N.G.; Packer, J.G.: Quantitative analysis of five WWW 'search engines' (1996)
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- Abstract
- Provides a table of the results from over 100 questions actually asked at a library reference desk: The summary notes the average number of relevant 'hits' for all investigated search engines are: AltaVista: 9.3; InfoSeek: 8.3; Lycos: 8.1; Magellan: 7.8; Point: 2.1
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Tomaiuolo, N.G.; Packer, J.G.: Web search engines : key to locating information for all users or only the cognoscenti? (1996)
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Tomaiuolo, N.G.; Packer, J.G.: ¬An analysis of Internet search engines : assessment of over 200 search queries (1996)
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- Abstract
- Reports the results of searches on 200 topics carried out on 5 Internet search engines (Magellan, Point, Lycos, InfoSeek and AltaVista). Describes the methodology followed and the results of the study. Gives a chart showing 30 of the search queries, with the performance of each search engine. Indicates some of the limitations of the search engines
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