Proposing a New Combined Indicator for Measuring Search Engine Performance and Evaluating Google, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Bing Search Engines based on Combined Indicator

• Published in: Journal of librarianship and information science Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 178 - 197
• Main Authors: Hajian Hoseinabadi, Azadeh, CheshmehSohrabi, Mehrdad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.03.2024; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Performance evaluation; Ratings & rankings; Relevance; Search engines; performance; assessment indicator; combined indicator; Search engine; information retrieval

This study has developed a combined indicator to evaluate the performance of different search engines. Documentary analysis, survey, and evaluative methods are employed in the present study. The research was conducted in two stages. First, a combined indicator was designed to measure search engines....