Co-located collaborative web search: understanding status quo practices

Co-locatedcollaborativeWebsearchisasurprisingly commonactivity,despitethefactthatWebbrowsers andsearchenginesarenotdesignedtosupport collaboration.Wereportthefindingsoftwostudies(a diarystudyandanobservationalstudy)thatprovide insightsregardingthefrequencyofco-located collaborativesearching,thestrategiesparticipantsuse, andtheprosandconsofthesestrategies.Wethen articulatedesignimplicationsfornext-generationtools thatcouldenhancetheexperienceofco-located collaborativesearch. ACMClassificationKeywords H5.3[Informationinterfacesandpresentation]:Group andOrganizationInterfaces-Computer-supported cooperativework. GeneralTerms Design,Experimentation Keywords Collaborativesearch,Websearch,searchinterfaces.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Saleema Amershi, Meredith Ringel Morris
• Keywords: CHI 2009, Commonactivity, DespitethefactthatWebbrowsers Andsearchenginesarenotdesignedtosupport , GeneralTerms Design, Human Computer Interaction