Paper Info
Title
An analysis of multimedia searching on AltaVista
Abstract
Web searching is a significant activity for many people seeking multimedia information. Major Web search engines, such as Alta Vista, are essential tools in the quest to locate relevant online information. As such, it is important that we understand how searchers utilize these Web information systems. This paper presents research that examines characteristics of multimedia Web searching on Alta Vista. More specifically, the research questions driving this study are: (1) What are the characteristics of multimedia searching on Alta Vista? and (2) How does this multimedia searching compare to Web searching in general? The results of our research show that multimedia searching is complex relative to general Web searching and that searching specific multimedia collections does not necessarily reduce the searching complexity. We discuss the implications of the findings for the development of online multimedia retrieval systems.
Year
DOI
Venue
2003
10.1145/973264.973294
Multimedia Information Retrieval
Keywords
Field
DocType
research show,relevant online information,general web,alta vista,research question,multimedia information,web information system,major web search engine,specific multimedia collection,online multimedia retrieval system,search engine,web search engine,search engines
Web search engine,World Wide Web,Search engine,Information retrieval,Web page,Web searching,Computer science,Web modeling,Multimedia information,Multimedia,Web information,Online search
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
1-58113-778-8
21
1.31
References 
Authors
19
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Bernard J. Jansen14753394.06
Amanda Spink21246121.35
Jan O. Pedersen363011177.07