@inproceedings{06b8b6d333634d819219bf62638ec70a,
title = "Multitasking Web search on Alta Vista",
abstract = "A user's single session with a Web search engine may consist of seeking information on single or multiple topics. Most Web search sessions consist of two queries of two words. We present findings from a study of two-query search sessions on the Alta Vista Web search engine to examine the degree of multitasking search by typical web searchers. A sample of two-query length search sessions were filtered from Alta Vista transaction logs from 2003. Findings include: (1) 81% of two-query sessions were multitasking searches, and (2) there are a broad variety of search topics in multitasking search sessions. The implications of our findings for Web design and further research are discussed.",
author = "Amanda Spink and Minsoo Park and Jansen, {Bernard J.} and Jan Pedersen",
year = "2004",
doi = "10.1109/ITCC.2004.1286471",
language = "English",
isbn = "0769521088",
series = "International Conference on Information Technology: Coding Computing, ITCC",
pages = "309--313",
editor = "P.K. Srimani and A. Abraham and M. Cannataro and J. Domingo-Ferrer and R. Hashemi",
booktitle = "International Conferen ON Information Technology",
note = "International Conference on Information Technology: Coding Computing, ITCC 2004 ; Conference date: 05-04-2004 Through 07-04-2004",
}