A comparison of source distribution and result overlap in web search engines

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Verlag/Körperschaft:
Wiley
Erscheinungsjahr:
2022
Medientyp:
Text
Schlagworte:
  • Google
  • search engine
  • source comparison
  • web scraping
  • Web search
  • 020: Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft
  • ddc:020
Beschreibung:
  • When it comes to search engines, users generally prefer Google. Our study aims to find the differences between the results found in Google compared to other search engines. We compared the top 10 results from Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, and Metager, using 3,537 queries generated from Google Trends from Germany and the US. Google displays more unique domains in the top results than its competitors. Wikipedia and news websites are the most popular sources overall. With some top sources dominating search results, the distribution of domains is also consistent across all search engines. The overlap between Google and Bing is always under 32%, while Metager has a higher overlap with Bing than DuckDuckGo, going up to 78%. This study shows that the use of another search engine, especially in addition to Google, provides a wider variety in sources and might lead the user to find new perspectives.
  • PeerReviewed
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