Retrieval efficiency of select search engines vis-à-vis diverse open courseware formats

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 457-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahid Ashraf Wani ◽  
Adil Ahmad Sofi
Keyword(s):  
Search Engine ◽  
Search Engines ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Optimization Techniques ◽  
The Other ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Retrieval Efficiency ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Open Content

Purpose This paper aims to gauge the visibility of open content available in different formats of select open courseware (OCW) repositories through prominent search engines. Design/methodology/approach Open content in three formats (pdf, audio and video) from four OCW repositories listed in the OCW consortium under the science and technology subject heading were searched through seven select search engines. Findings None of the selected OCW repositories are fully visible on the selected search engines. Visibility of OCW content varied from one search engine to the other and was affected by the format in which it is available. Google is the best search engine for retrieving OCW content, whereas OCWfinder – a specialized search engine for retrieving OCW – has performed dismally. Research limitations/implications The study demonstrates the need for enhancing the visibility of open content through using search engine optimization techniques. Originality/value The study intends to supply findings that could be used by stakeholders to improve the visibility of OCW repositories. It is an attempt to draw a comparison between search engines for their ability to index different formats of OCW in the selected repositories. Findings can be used by information professionals to brush their information hunting skills.

Website removal from search engines due to copyright violation

2019 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Artur Strzelecki
Keyword(s):  
Search Engine ◽  
Search Engines ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Global Analysis ◽  
Domain Name ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Search Results ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Copyright Violation

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to clarify how many removal requests are made, how often, and who makes these requests, as well as which websites are reported to search engines so they can be removed from the search results. Design/methodology/approach Undertakes a deep analysis of more than 3.2bn removed pages from Google’s search results requested by reporting organizations from 2011 to 2018 and over 460m removed pages from Bing’s search results requested by reporting organizations from 2015 to 2017. The paper focuses on pages that belong to the .pl country coded top-level domain (ccTLD). Findings Although the number of requests to remove data from search results has been growing year on year, fewer URLs have been reported in recent years. Some of the requests are, however, unjustified and are rejected by teams representing the search engines. In terms of reporting copyright violations, one company in particular stands out (AudioLock.Net), accounting for 28.1 percent of all reports sent to Google (the top ten companies combined were responsible for 61.3 percent of the total number of reports). Research limitations/implications As not every request can be published, the study is based only what is publicly available. Also, the data assigned to Poland is only based on the ccTLD domain name (.pl); other domain extensions for Polish internet users were not considered. Originality/value This is first global analysis of data from transparency reports published by search engine companies as prior research has been based on specific notices.

Search engine optimization

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sungin Lee ◽  
Wonhong Jang ◽  
Eunsol Lee ◽  
Sam G. Oh
Keyword(s):  
Search Engine ◽  
Search Engines ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Search Engine Optimization ◽  
Accepted Practice ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of, and identify core techniques of, search engine optimization (SEO) techniques applied to the web (http://lg-sl.net) and mobile (http//m.lg-sl.net) Science Land content and services at LG Sangnam Library in Korea. Design/methodology/approach – In accordance with three major SEO guidelines, ten SEO techniques were identified and applied, and their implications were extracted on three areas: improved search engine accessibility, increased relevance between site content and search engine keywords, and improved site credibility. The effects were quantitatively analyzed in terms of registered search engine keywords and influx of visits via search engines. Findings – This study shows that SEO techniques help increase the exposure of the library services and the number of visitors through search engines. Practical implications – SEO techniques have been applied to a few non-Korean information service organizations, but it is not a well-accepted practice in Korean libraries. And the dominant search engines in Korea have published their own SEO guidelines. Prior to this study, no significant endeavors have been undertaken in the context of Korean library services that have adopted SEO techniques to boost exposure of library services and increase user traffics. Originality/value – This is the first published study that has applied optimized SEO techniques to Korean web and mobile library services, in order to demonstrate the usefulness of the techniques for maximized exposure of library content.

scholarly journals Affective capitalism of knowing and the society of search engine

2016 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 566-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isto Huvila
Keyword(s):  
Search Engine ◽  
Search Engines ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Extensive Discussion ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Conceptual Discussion

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the affective premises and economics of the influence of search engines on knowing and informing in the contemporary society. Design/methodology/approach A conceptual discussion of the affective premises and framings of the capitalist economics of knowing is presented. Findings The main proposition of this text is that the exploitation of affects is entwined in the competing market and emancipatory discourses and counter-discourses both as intentional interventions, and perhaps even more significantly, as unintentional influences that shape the ways of knowing in the peripheries of the regime that shape cultural constellations of their own. Affective capitalism bounds and frames our ways of knowing in ways that are difficult to anticipate and read even from the context of the regime itself. Originality/value In the relatively extensive discussion on the role of affects in the contemporary capitalism, influence of affects on knowing and their relation to search engine use has received little explicit attention so far.

The AAAS 2007 Annual Meeting: Science and Technology for Sustainable Well Being

2007 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 13-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle Mihram ◽  
G. Arthur Mihram
Keyword(s):  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
National Meeting ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeTo provide coverage and insights about the annual meeting of the AAAS where this year's theme was “Science and Technology for Sustainable Well‐Being.”Design/methodology/approachEnvironmental scan of annual national meeting. Of particular interest due to the range of backgrounds different attendees from all avenues of the scientific community.FindingsSustainable well being has wide applications in different arenas but the informatics component was not as strong as at past conferences.Practical ImplicationsMuch of the conference focused on intersections of theory and application and new ways of responding to sustainability. Particularly strong in the physical sciences.Originality valueProvides information of value to information professionals.

Evaluation of Google question-answering quality

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 312-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiming Zhao ◽  
Jin Zhang ◽  
Xue Xia ◽  
Taowen Le
Keyword(s):  
Search Engine ◽  
Search Engines ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Question Answering ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Quality Analysis ◽  
Related Event ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Question Types ◽  
Assessment Metrics

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate Google question-answering (QA) quality. Design/methodology/approach Given the large variety and complexity of Google answer boxes in search result pages, existing evaluation criteria for both search engines and QA systems seemed unsuitable. This study developed an evaluation criteria system for the evaluation of Google QA quality by coding and analyzing search results of questions from a representative question set. The study then evaluated Google’s overall QA quality as well as QA quality across four target types and across six question types, using the newly developed criteria system. ANOVA and Tukey tests were used to compare QA quality among different target types and question types. Findings It was found that Google provided significantly higher-quality answers to person-related questions than to thing-related, event-related and organization-related questions. Google also provided significantly higher-quality answers to where- questions than to who-, what- and how-questions. The more specific a question is, the higher the QA quality would be. Research limitations/implications Suggestions for both search engine users and designers are presented to help enhance user experience and QA quality. Originality/value Particularly suitable for search engine QA quality analysis, the newly developed evaluation criteria system expanded and enriched assessment metrics of both search engines and QA systems.

scholarly journals “Outside the industry, nobody knows what we do” SEO as seen by search engine optimizers and content providers

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Schultheiß ◽  
Dirk Lewandowski
Keyword(s):  
Search Engine ◽  
Search Engines ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Web Search ◽  
Expert Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Search Engine Optimization ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Web Search Engine ◽  
The Impact

PurposeIn commercial web search engine results rankings, four stakeholder groups are involved: search engine providers, users, content providers and search engine optimizers. Search engine optimization (SEO) is a multi-billion-dollar industry and responsible for making content visible through search engines. Despite this importance, little is known about its role in the interaction of the stakeholder groups.Design/methodology/approachWe conducted expert interviews with 15 German search engine optimizers and content providers, the latter represented by content managers and online journalists. The interviewees were asked about their perspectives on SEO and how they assess the views of users about SEO.FindingsSEO was considered necessary for content providers to ensure visibility, which is why dependencies between both stakeholder groups have evolved. Despite its importance, SEO was seen as largely unknown to users. Therefore, it is assumed that users cannot realistically assess the impact SEO has and that user opinions about SEO depend heavily on their knowledge of the topic.Originality/valueThis study investigated search engine optimization from the perspective of those involved in the optimization business: content providers, online journalists and search engine optimization professionals. The study therefore contributes to a more nuanced view on and a deeper understanding of the SEO domain.

scholarly journals Reflections about Garfield’s algorithm

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 548-558
Author(s):  
Laura Sinay ◽  
Maria Cristina Fogliatti de Sinay ◽  
Rodney William (Bill) Carter ◽  
Aurea Martins
Keyword(s):  
Search Engine ◽  
Search Engines ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Scientific Discourse ◽  
Rapid Progress ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
H Index ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze the influence of the algorithm used on scholarly search engines (Garfield’s algorithm) and propose metrics to improve it so that science could be based on a more democratic way. Design/methodology/approach This paper used a snow-ball approach to collect data that allowed identifying the history and the logic behind the Garfield’s algorithm. It follows on excerpting the foundation of existing algorithm and databases of major scholarly search engine. It concluded proposing new metrics so as to surpass restraints and to democratize the scientific discourse. Findings This paper finds that the studied algorithm currently biases the scientific discourse toward a narrow perspective, while it should take into consideration several researchers’ characteristics. It proposes the substitution of the h-index by the number of times the scholar’s most cited work has been cited. Finally, it proposes that works in languages different than English should be included. Research limitations/implications The broad comprehension of any phenomena should be based on multiple perspectives; therefore, the inclusion of diverse metrics will extend the scientific discourse. Practical implications The improvement of the existing algorithm will increase the chances of contact among different cultures, which stimulate rapid progress on the development of knowledge. Originality/value The value of this paper resides in demonstrating that the algorithm used in scholarly search engines biases the development of science. If updated as proposed here, science will be unbiased and bias aware.

Experiencing archives at universities

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana K. Wakimoto ◽  
Christine Susan Bruce
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
The Other ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the varying ways in which academic archivists in the USA experience archives, how these experiences compare to those of academic librarians and how we can use these findings to improve communication and collaboration. Design/methodology/approach – Using a phenomenographic research approach, academic archivists were interviewed and the transcripts were examined to develop categories reflecting varying experiences. Findings – There are three different ways of experiencing archives: as organizational records, as archival enterprise and as connection. The connection category is a more complex way of experiencing archives as it incorporates the aspects of the other two categories as well as the awareness of archives connecting people to their histories. Research limitations/implications – This study is limited to academic archivists in the USA. Practical implications – Understanding that there are different ways of experiencing archives means that information professionals should clarify their definitions of before beginning collaborative projects. Also, by understanding these varying experiences, information professions should be able to communicate and engage more fully with each other and their users in projects and programs that leverage archival collections. Originality/value – This is the first study to use phenomenography to investigate archivists’ experiences of archives. This understanding of the lived experience of archivists, combined with understanding how librarians experience archives, should enable better communication and ultimately collaboration between the two professions.

Benefits of exposure

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 206-211
Author(s):  
Robert Fox
Keyword(s):  
Search Engine ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Search Engines ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Search Engine Optimization ◽  
The Past ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Potential Risks

Purpose – This column aims to look at various aspects of search engine optimization (SEO) and the potential risks and rewards from exposing library-related content using techniques such as microdata and descriptive frameworks such as that outlined on schema.org. Design/methodology/approach – Regular column. Findings – This column explores concepts related to SEO and is speculative in nature. Originality/value – Academic libraries can greatly benefit from exploring the potential benefits of using SEO and microdata/microformats. The landscape for SEO has changed dramatically over the past decade, and the benefit to libraries who have in once sense seen themselves as competitors with the major search engines is significant.

scholarly journals Teaching innovations in Asian higher education: perspectives of educators

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.M. Wong
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
The Other ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Advanced Technologies ◽  
The Many

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the teaching innovations that have been implemented in higher education institutions in Asia and the perspectives of educators on them. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 28 educators who were affiliated with 23 higher education institutions in ten Asian countries/regions. The interviews covered information about the teaching innovations of the participants’ institutions, the characteristics of the innovative practices and the participants’ views on them. The relationships between the characteristics of institutions and their teaching innovations were also examined. Findings The results showed that the teaching innovations included two main categories, namely, those which involved the use of advanced technologies and those which did not. The innovations that involved the use of advanced technologies were mainly from larger institutions, while the other category was mainly from smaller ones and had been practised for less than 1.5 years. Differences were also identified between the two categories in terms of the aims and importance of innovations, innovative features, the evaluation of innovations and improvements needed for them. Originality/value The results highlighted that technology is only one of the many aspects of teaching innovations, which is different from the view prevailing in the literature. They also suggested that differences in the scale of institutions (in terms of number of students) possibly influences the kind of teaching innovations adopted.

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