%0 Generic
%A Lewandowski, Dirk
%D 2006
%F eprints3:6072
%K Search engines, up-to-dateness, ranking factors
%T Aktualität als erfolgskritischer Faktor bei Suchmaschinen [Up-to-dateness as a ranking factor in Web search engines]
%U http://eprints.rclis.org/6072/
%X 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.