Information Retrieval on the web and its evaluation

TL;DR

This paper discusses the methods and efforts involved in retrieving relevant information from the web, emphasizing the importance of effective evaluation of web search systems.

Contribution

It provides an overview of information retrieval processes on the web and analyzes the efforts needed for effective retrieval by systems and users.

Findings

Web contains vast information on all topics.

Retrieving relevant pages requires significant system and user effort.

Evaluation of retrieval effectiveness is crucial for improving web search.

Abstract

Internet is one of the main sources of information for millions of people. One can find information related to practically all matters on internet. Moreover if we want to retrieve information about some particular topic we may find thousands of Web Pages related to that topic. But our main concern is to find relevant Web Pages from among that collection. So in this paper I have discussed that how information is retrieved from the web and the efforts required for retrieving this information in terms of system and users efforts.