Abstract
Whether users searching for nutrition related information on the Web find the information they desire is investigated here. This analysis may provide a belter understanding of the nutrition information needs of Web users und the design of useful nutritional knowledge bases.
Nutrition related queries from users of the Excite search engine
Here posed so a number of nutrition Web sires in order to assess whether or not topical matches were found. The queries were also submitted to Excite and Google, no general-purpose search engines. Surrogate users mere used to assess the actual relevance of topical matches. Matches were retrieved for about 36% of the queries on the nutrition sites. For the general search engines, matches were retrieved for about 92% of the queries. Most of the marches in both cases were judged relevant.
Nutrition related queries from users of the Excite search engine
Here posed so a number of nutrition Web sires in order to assess whether or not topical matches were found. The queries were also submitted to Excite and Google, no general-purpose search engines. Surrogate users mere used to assess the actual relevance of topical matches. Matches were retrieved for about 36% of the queries on the nutrition sites. For the general search engines, matches were retrieved for about 92% of the queries. Most of the marches in both cases were judged relevant.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Information Technology & Organizations: Trends, Issues, Challenges & Solutions |
| Publication status | Published - 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |