An Anonymous Patron writes “From OCLC Abstracts (Vol. 7, No. 36)
Pew Internet study finds that users are putting their trust in search engines
A nationwide survey of 1,399 Internet users found that 92 percent of online Americans expressed confidence in their skills as searchers, with over half of them saying they are “very confident� they can accomplish what they want when they perform an online search. The average searcher scrolls through only 1.8 results pages during a typical search. The report also suggests that users feel they are finding good information online; more than two-thirds of search engine users (68 percent) say they consider search engines a “fair and unbiased� source of information, even though nearly half the searches include sponsored results.
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