From web catalogs to Google: a retrospective study of web search engines sustainable development

M Duka, M Sikora, A Strzelecki - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study presents a review of search engines and search engine optimization and shows
how the search engine landscape relates to sustainable development. We have used a …

Envisioning information access systems: What makes for good tools and a healthy Web?

C Shah, EM Bender - ACM Transactions on the Web, 2024 - dl.acm.org
We observe a recent trend toward applying large language models (LLMs) in search and
positioning them as effective information access systems. While the interfaces may look …

Featured snippets and their influence on users' credibility judgements

M Bink, S Zimmerman, D Elsweiler - … of the 2022 Conference on Human …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Search engines often provide featured snippets, which are boxed and placed above other
results with the aim of directly answering user queries. To learn about how users judge the …

The Answer Bot Effect (ABE): A powerful new form of influence made possible by intelligent personal assistants and search engines

R Epstein, V Lee, R Mohr, VR Zankich - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
We introduce and quantify a relatively new form of influence: the Answer Bot Effect (ABE). In
a 2015 report in PNAS, researchers demonstrated the power that biased search results have …

Users do not trust recommendations from a large language model more than AI-sourced snippets

MJ McGrath, PS Cooper, A Duenser - Frontiers in Computer Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background The ability of large language models to generate general purpose natural
language represents a significant step forward in creating systems able to augment a range …

Is ChatGPT-like technology going to replace commercial search engines?

A Strzelecki - Library Hi Tech News, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to give an overview of the history and evolution of commercial
search engines. It traces the development of search engines from their early days to their …

[PDF][PDF] Multilingual question answering systems for knowledge graphs-a survey

A Perevalov, A Both, ACN Ngomo - Semant. Web J, 2023 - semantic-web-journal.net
This paper presents a survey on multilingual Knowledge Graph Question Answering
(mKGQA). We employ a systematic review methodology to collect and analyze the research …

Exploring the impact of SEO-based ranking factors for voice queries through machine learning

Z Saeed, F Aslam, A Ghafoor, M Umair… - Artificial Intelligence …, 2024 - Springer
The use of voice search is proliferating and expected to grow into the foreseeable future; this
is why websites increasingly optimize their content associated with voice-based search to …

New technique to rank without off page search engine optimization

A Nadeem, M Hussain, A Iftikhar - 2020 IEEE 23rd International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over the years search engines have become more efficient in delivering relevant pin pointed
results. For digital marketers that means more hard work because the actual metrics used to …

What Did I Say Again? Relating User Needs to Search Outcomes in Conversational Commerce

K Schott, A Papenmeier, D Hienert, D Kern - Proceedings of Mensch und …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Recent advances in natural language processing and deep learning have accelerated the
development of digital assistants. In conversational commerce, these assistants help …