Browsing by Author "Mtshontshi, Lindiwe"
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- ItemEvaluation and comparison of search engines(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004-12) Mtshontshi, Lindiwe; Van der Walt, M. S.; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Information Science.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A growing body of studies is developing approaches to evaluate human interaction with Web search engines. Measuring the information retrieval effectiveness of World Wide Web search engines is costly because of the human relevance judgements involved. However, both for business enterprises and people it is important to know the most effective Web search engine, since such search engines help their users find a higher number of relevant Web pages with less effort. Furthermore, this information can be used for several practical purposes. This study does not attempt to describe all the currently available search engines, but provides a comparison of some, which are deemed to be among the most useful. It concentrates on search engines and their characteristics only. The goal is to help a new user get the most useful "hits" when using the various tools.