Performance of Standard and Customized Search Interfaces

E. Natsheh

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The research conducts a performance comparison between standard search interfaces available in modern search engines with a customized search interface that allows the user to change the way the information is presented on the screen. The tested hypothesis is that customized search interface results in a decrease in total search time and increase (or the same amount) of successful searches. Customizable options included font, background, help, tool tips, highlights, preview text and Boolean operators. Based on the performed study customized interfaces allowed users to increase the speed of obtaining correct search results by 10.2%. The benefit comes with a cost of time that users spend to configure the interface. Further research is recommended to both test the results on wider audiences, and test additional customization options.


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