The Differences Between Users' Queries Using Different Search Engine Interfaces
Ashley Richardson Langley · Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) · 2019
This paper describes a research study done to detect differences in queries constructed in the traditional Google interface and the advanced search Google interface. Sixteen undergraduates at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill participated in this study. Study participants were asked to complete a questionnaire of demographic information and then search for answers to four questions using either the traditional Google interface or the advanced Google interface. This research indicated that users who use the advanced Google screen may construct queries with more terms. Additionally they use more Boolean logic and other search modifiers. More research needs to be done to substantiate this research due to the small sample size used.