Aim: To determine whether increased scrutiny of 'stem cell tourism 'has resulted in changes
to online claims by clinics that provide putative unproven stem cell treatments. Materials & …

Research questions: This tutorial aims to answer two general questions:(1) What contributes
to search engine rankings? and (2) What can web content creators and webmasters do to …

The passage of time has a way of throwing custard pies at those who predict the future. 1
This is particularly true in the hype-ridden world of the media. In the 1940s, the Hutchins …

Hotels that appear near the top of the list of search results or an online travel agency page
usually get more attention and hits than those showing up lower on the page, but other …

The Internet has become a significant transaction platform for the real estate industry.
However, use of the Internet does not benefit homebuyers in terms of search time, flexibility …

Huge amounts of search log data have been accumulated at Web search engines.
Currently, a popular Web search engine may receive billions of queries and collect terabytes …

Although Web search engines still answer user queries with lists of ten blue links to
webpages, people are increasingly issuing queries to accomplish their daily tasks (eg …

Web search engines have become the dominant tools for finding information on the Internet.
Owing to their popularity, users of all educational backgrounds and professions use them for …

According to estimates the mobile device will soon be the main platform for searching the
web, and yet our knowledge of how mobile consumers use information, and how that differs …

Web search engines apply a variety of ranking signals to achieve user satisfaction, ie,
results pages that provide the best-possible results for the user. While these ranking signals …