A comparison between seven open and free search engines software
Joint Authors
Ibrahim, Amin Mubarak al-Amin
Ali, Awad Hajj
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 35 (30 Sep. 2014)14 p.
Publisher
Cybrarians : The Arabic Portal For Librarianship and Information
Publication Date
2014-09-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Information Technology and Computer Science
Library Sciences
Topics
Abstract EN
The aim of this paper was to compare between seven free and open search engines: phpdig, sphider, Juggernautsearch, Webglimpse, Webinator, Swish-E and Perlfect, in terms of 30 features.
A model design was developed to incorporate these features into four packages according to the impact and efficiency of the search engine functions.
Each package was then given a weigh from a scale of 100%: searching mechanisms was given 40%, followed by crawler and indexer, searching features and others representing 26%, 20%, and 14%, respectively.
Results revealed that phpdig and sphider were the best engines, there were significantly differences (F-test) over other engines according to all features (p=0.021).
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ibrahim, Amin Mubarak al-Amin& Ali, Awad Hajj. 2014. A comparison between seven open and free search engines software. Cybrarians Journal،Vol. 2014, no. 35.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-661478
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ibrahim, Amin Mubarak al-Amin& Ali, Awad Hajj. A comparison between seven open and free search engines software. Cybrarians Journal No. 35 (Sep. 2014).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-661478
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ibrahim, Amin Mubarak al-Amin& Ali, Awad Hajj. A comparison between seven open and free search engines software. Cybrarians Journal. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 35.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-661478
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-661478