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A study of multitasking Web search

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Özmutlu, Seda
Özmutlu, Hüseyin Cenk

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Spink, Amanda

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IEEE Computer

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We present findings from a study of users performing multitasking searches on Web search engines. A user's single session with a Web search engine may consist of seeking information on single or multiple topics. Limited research has focused on multitasking search query session. The main objective of the study is to provide a detailed analysis of multitasking sessions. FAST search sessions were used to analyze multitasking Web searches. Findings include: (1) Almost one third of FAST users perform multitasking Web searching (2) multitasking sessions often included more than three topics per session (3) multitasking sessions are longer in duration than regular searching sessions (4) most of the topic in multitasking searches were on general information, computers and entertainment.

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Bu çalışma, 28-30 Nisan 2003 tarihleri arasında Las Vegas[Amerika Birleşik Devletleri]’nde düzenlenen ITCC 2003: International Conference on Information Technology: Computers and Communications’da bildiri olarak sunulmuştur.

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Computer science, Engineering, Excite users, Information, Fire fighting equipment, Information retrieval, Multitasking, Search engines, Websites, Fast search, General information, Multitasking search, Web searches, Web-searching, World wide web

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Özmutlu, S. vd. (2003). “A study of multitasking Web search”. ITCC 2003: International Conference on Information Technology: Computers and Communications, Proceedings, 145-148.

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