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Search log analysis: What it is, what's been done, how to do it

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A review and foundation for conducting Web search transaction log analysis consisting of three stages, which are collection, preparation, and analysis is presented and suggestions are provided on ways to leverage the strengths of, while addressing the limitations of, transaction logs for Web-searching research.
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This article is published in Library & Information Science Research.The article was published on 2006-09-01. It has received 285 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Transaction log & Online transaction processing.

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Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research

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Real life, real users, and real needs: a study and analysis of user queries on the web

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Analysis of a very large web search engine query log

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Implicit feedback for inferring user preference: a bibliography

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