@misc{eprints36072, title = {Aktualit\"at als erfolgskritischer Faktor bei Suchmaschinen [Up-to-dateness as a ranking factor in Web search engines]}, author = {Dirk Lewandowski}, year = {2006}, keywords = {Search engines, up-to-dateness, ranking factors}, url = {http://eprints.rclis.org/6072/}, abstract = {Up-to-dateness is an important factor for Web search engines in different aspects. Firstly, the web page index should be up to date, secondly, the use of date-restricted queries should be supported, and last but not least up-to-dateness is an important ranking factor. This article discusses the research findings in all three areas. The im-portance of the mentioned factors is stressed and it is shown that they are key for ranking web documents. Their importance will even increase with the age of the WWW.} }