User-Centered Comparison of Web Search Tools
Pavel Braslavski, Anton Shishkin, П. И. Браславский · Electronic Archive of Ural Federal University (ELAR UrFU) · 2005
This study explores a user-centered approach to the comparative evaluation of the Web search tool ProThes against popular all-purpose search engines Yandex and Google. An original research design was developed. Data were collected from 12 volunteers who performed 48 search tasks in total. Main outcomes include: (1) search strategy supported through ProThes can be quite effective for focused Web search and (2) ProThes ’ interface and system performance must be improved.