@inproceedings{2727681e33e4470588fdf84557b137ae,
title = "Building a directory for the underdeveloped web: An experiment on the arabic medical web directory",
abstract = "Despite significant growth of the Web in recent years, some portions of the Web remain largely underdeveloped, as shown in a lack of high quality content and functionality. An example is the Arabic Web, in which a lack of well-structured Web directories has limited users' ability to browse for Arabic resources. In this research, we proposed an approach to building Web directories for the underdeveloped Web and developed a proof-of-concept prototype called Arabic Medical (AMed) Web Directory that supports browsing of over 5,000 Arabic medical Web sites and pages organized in a hierarchical structure. We conducted an experiment involving Arab subjects and found that AMed directory significantly outperformed a benchmark Arabic Web directory in terms of browsing effectiveness and user ratings. This research thus contributes to developing a useful Web directory for organizing information of the Arabic medical domain and to better understanding of supporting browsing on the underdeveloped Web.",
keywords = "Arabic, medical domain, Browsing, Experiment, Information seeking, Metasearching, Underdeveloped Web, User study, Web directory",
author = "Wingyan Chung and Hsinchun Chen",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-540-77094-7_59",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9783540770930",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer-Verlag",
pages = "468--477",
booktitle = "Asian Digital Libraries",
note = "10th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, ICADL 2007 ; Conference date: 10-12-2007 Through 13-12-2007",
}