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Understanding the Information Search Process within a Tourism Domain-specific Search Engine

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Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2005

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Information search is one of the most common tasks users are performing on the Internet. Especially search engines provide tools to support the user's search process. Continuous improvement of the search engine to provide better results for users is a constant goal. But to do this it's also important understanding the users and their search patterns as well as their needs. This paper gives an overview on different information search patterns within the domain-specific search engine visiteuropeancities.com and implications of the results.

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  1. School of Arts, Design, Media and Culture, University of Sunderland, UK

    Nicole Mitsche

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    Andrew J. Frew

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Mitsche, N. (2005). Understanding the Information Search Process within a Tourism Domain-specific Search Engine. In: Frew, A.J. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2005. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-211-27283-6_17

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