...a day in the life of BBCi Search

1. ...a day in the life of BBCi Search january 2003 martin.belam@bbc.co.uk ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

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5. wednesday december 11th a weekday during term-time no major breaking news stories no major broadcast event ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

6. analysis process took 10 sets of 6 minute samples hand-classified 15,000 search terms compared them to a control sample ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

7. UK-ness ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

8. dvla edinburgh fire first aid courses london disability discrimination newspapers film news estate agents in south africa hotels world wide nyc transit strike UK non UK ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

9. UK-ness ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

10. BBC-ness ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

11. BBC-ness ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

12. BBC-ness ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

13. advanced search ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

14. advanced search ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

15. advanced search ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

16. spelling ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

17. spelling ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

18. spelling 30,000 searches with incorrect spellings every day ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

19. spelling ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

20. spelling ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

21. spelling 66% get a spelling suggestion 96% of ‘BBC’ searches with spelling mistakes have a Best Link ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

22. questions and URLs ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

23. searching for search 47% - search engine only ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

24. searching for search 47% - search engine only 14% - url only ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

25. searching for search 39% - made other searches 47% - search engine only 14% - url only ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

26. how many words? 3% - more than 5 words 3% - 5 word 7% - 4 word 36% - 1 word 16% - 3 word 35% - 2 word ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

27. search usage by genre over time ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

28. search usage by genre over time world service regional world scopes ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

29. search usage by genre over time where i live national sites regional uk scopes ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

30. search usage by genre over time uk focus - 39% ‘fuzzy’ uk focus - 11% non uk specific - 50% no difference to search across the service as a whole regional uk scopes ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

31. search usage by genre over time learning schools education scopes ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

32. search usage by genre over time lifestyle factual information scopes ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

33. search usage by genre over time tv & radio programme sites entertainment scopes ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

34. search usage by genre over time news & sporthomepage & default ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

35. 200,000 unique searches every day4 out of 5 searches are not about the BBC2 in 5 searches are specifically about the UK1 in 12 searches have incorrect spelling1 in 5 attempts to use advanced search failsearches on education peak after lunch,on entertainment in the late afternoon,and on information in the evening ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

36. how do mobile phones work? when is wallace and gromit on the television? how do i wire a light switch? what are thermometers and why are they used? what does a swimming cucumber look like? what is a zealot? what does gcse mean? how do i roast a chicken? what does empowerment mean? what is www? who is sponsored in sport? what was on? what is the fire strike about? what is songs of praise about? what is robot as air stewards? what do you know about germany bbc? what is osmosis in a boat? how do i find out what happened in my house? what do you know? what is light? how do i talk to the actors of eastenders on the computer with out the internet? who is their god? what is the weather? how can we be lovers when we can't be friends? when will it snow this year? how does the drier work in paint? what does the queen do? how do i felt a flat roof? what is a computer? who are you to judge us? how do you reconfigure certain settings on a computer? what is the david beckham rumour? how does the bbc use computers? what will happen with iraq? how does the british democratic process work? what are the signs that a guy likes you? how do internet search engines optimize results? ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003

37. ...a day in the life of BBCi Search january 2003 martin.belam@bbc.co.uk ...a day in the life of BBCi Search - january 2003