Forecasting of Select Search Engines: An Experiment with Result Fluctuation in the field of Library and Information Science
Authors : Peerzada Mohammad Iqbal, Abdul Majid Baba & Aasim Bashir
The paper evaluates a forecasting study on four search engines viz., Google, Bing, Yahoo, and Baidu in order to generate projected data to on collection of data series, using result fluctuation on simple keyword “Dublincore” in the field of Library and Information Science. Data was collected on daily basis for about 100 Days to generate 50 days of projected data using time series analysis, and latter by trend projecting method which reveal that Bing shows a positive secular trend while Google, Yahoo! and Baidu show a downward or negative secular trend.
Keywords : Forecasting, Search engine, Fluctuation, Dublincore, Counter, Terms.
Cite This Article As: Iqbal, P. M., Baba, A. M., & Bashir, A. (2016). Forecasting of Select Search Engines: An Experiment with Result Fluctuation in the field of Library and Information Science. International Journal of Research in Library Science (IJRLS), 2(2),139-150. www.ijrls.in
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Publication Date : 25 October 2016 Hits : 1590