Estimating the recall performance of Web search engines
Sarah J. Clarke
(Department of information Studies, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN)
Peter Willett
(Department of information Studies, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN)
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Abstract
This paper reports a comparison of the retrieval effectiveness of the Alta Vista, Excite and Lycos Web search engines. A method is described for comparing the recall of the three sets of searches, despite the fact that they are carried out on non‐identical sets of Web pages. It is thus possible, unlike previous comparative studies of Web search engines, to consider both recall and precision when evaluating the effectiveness of search engines.
Citation
Clarke, S.J. and Willett, P. (1997), "Estimating the recall performance of Web search engines", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 49 No. 7, pp. 184-189. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb051463
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1997, MCB UP Limited