Year: 2005
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: In this article we update and extend on earlier long-term studies on user's page revisit behavior.Revisits are very common in web navigation, but not as predominant as reported in earlier studies.Backtracking is the most common type of page revisitation and is both used for finding new information and relocating information visited before.Search engines are mainly used for finding new information and users frequently backtrack to result pages.Visits to pages already visited in earlier sessions tend to occur in chunks, but it is not straightforward to create a list of most likely pages that will be revisited.We conclude with a short discussion on design implications for useradaptive revisitation support.
Author: Eelco Herder
Institution: University of Twente
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Universität Hamburg
OpenAlex ID: W1597878835