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Study: More is not better in search engine use

Google provides almost 100 million results for the query ”Britney Spears”. Researchers at Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT showed that users get overwhelmed with an increasing number of results. They are more satisfied with their choice when they are only given a few items.

Study: More is not better in search engine use

Sat, 09.05.2009

11 May 2009 - Researchers at  HIIT showed that users get overwhelmed with an increasing number of results. They are more satisfied with their choice when they are only given a few items.

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8 May 10:15 Mahdad Khatirinejad: Everything I (almost) know on equiangular lines

HIIT seminars in spring 2009 will be held in hall **C222** of Exactum, on Fridays starting at 10:15 a.m. Coffee available from 10.

Fri May 8
Dr. Mahdad Khatirinejad
Department of Communications and Networking Helsinki University of Technology

Everything I (almost) know on equiangular lines

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6 May 13:00 Nikals Ravaja: Future of Emotional Interaction

New HIIT seminar series on interactive computing: http://www.hiit.fi/interactivecomputingseminar

Place: Spektri building, 3rd floor, Metsänneidonkuja 4, Espoo, Finland

  • 6 May 2009 13:00-14:00, "Future of emotional interaction"', Dr Niklas Ravaja, Center for Knowledge and Innovation Research (CKIR), Helsinki School of Economics

 

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