Title
Information Search Patterns in E-Commerce Product Comparison Services
Abstract
To facilitate product selection and purchase decisions on e-commerce Web sites, the presentation of product information is very important. In this research, the authors study how disposition styles influence users' search patterns in product comparison services of e-commerce Web sites. The results show that people use relatively more feature paths and less product paths in vertical disposition style than horizontal disposition style. The findings also indicate that there are relatively more feature paths and less product paths in the first half than second half of the information search paths. This is consistent with Gensch's two-stage choice model which suggests that people use attribute processing to derive a consideration set before they apply alternative processing to arrive at a final choice in product comparison services.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.4018/jdm.2010040102
J. Database Manag.
Keywords
DocType
Volume
e commerce
Journal
21
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
1063-8016
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.49
14
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah11719103.11
Weiyin Hong282635.02
Liqiang Chen331.17
Hong-Hee Lee436342.82