TY - JOUR
T1 - Finding reliable information on the web should and can still be improved
AU - Glatz, Mathias
AU - Maurer, Hermann
AU - Azfal, Muhammad Tanvir
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - This paper addresses two major weaknesses of locating rather specific information on the Web. First, to find information for a specific topic is still quite difficult. Second, if located, the degree of reliability of the information is not clear. We explain that much progress has been made concerning the first issue, yet the real issue is never explicitly mentioned: the interaction between a user and the search engine has to be good enough so that the search engine really knows what the user wants. We will discuss a new approach to solve this. Concerning the second aspect, we will show that no serious large-scale attempts have been made to help users judge the reliability of the information found. We propose a set of measures that would change the situation dramatically.
AB - This paper addresses two major weaknesses of locating rather specific information on the Web. First, to find information for a specific topic is still quite difficult. Second, if located, the degree of reliability of the information is not clear. We explain that much progress has been made concerning the first issue, yet the real issue is never explicitly mentioned: the interaction between a user and the search engine has to be good enough so that the search engine really knows what the user wants. We will discuss a new approach to solve this. Concerning the second aspect, we will show that no serious large-scale attempts have been made to help users judge the reliability of the information found. We propose a set of measures that would change the situation dramatically.
KW - Information presentation
KW - Search engine
KW - User interaction
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85049591127&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.20532/cit.2018.1004240
DO - 10.20532/cit.2018.1004240
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85049591127
SN - 1330-1136
VL - 26
SP - 1
EP - 6
JO - CIT - Journal of Computing and Information Technology
JF - CIT - Journal of Computing and Information Technology
IS - 1
ER -