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Is googling risky? A study on risk perception and experiences of adverse consequences in web search
Helena Häußler, Sebastian Schultheiß, Dirk Lewandowski
Search engines, such as Google, have a considerable impact on society. Therefore, undesirable consequences, such as retrieving incorrect search results, pose a risk to users. Altho…
Does Search Engine Optimization come along with high-quality content? A comparison between optimized and non-optimized health-related web pages
Sebastian Schultheiß, Helena Häußler, Dirk Lewandowski
Searching for medical information is both a common and important activity since it influences decisions people make about their healthcare. Using search engine optimization (SEO),…
A Comparison of Source Distribution and Result Overlap in Web Search Engines
Nurce Yagci, Sebastian Sünkler, Helena Häußler +1
When it comes to search engines, users generally prefer Google. Our study aims to find the differences between the results found in Google compared to other search engines. We comp…
Why we need an independent index of the Web
Dirk Lewandowski
The path to greater diversity, as we have seen, cannot be achieved by merely hoping for a new search engine nor will government support for a single alternative achieve this goal.…
Evaluating the retrieval effectiveness of Web search engines using a representative query sample
Dirk Lewandowski
Search engine retrieval effectiveness studies are usually small-scale, using only limited query samples. Furthermore, queries are selected by the researchers. We address these issu…
Ordinary Search Engine Users assessing Difficulty, Effort, and Outcome for Simple and Complex Search Tasks
Georg Singer, Ulrich Norbisrath, Dirk Lewandowski
Search engines are the preferred tools for finding information on the Web. They are advancing to be the common helpers to answer any of our search needs. We use them to carry out s…