Ranking quality and consistency of search engines for searching websites on autism

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  • Yamane Takahiro
    Graduate School of Human Development and Environments, Kobe University
  • Otsuka Akari
    Graduate School of Human Development and Environments, Kobe University
  • Taniguchi Aya
    Graduate School of Human Development and Environments, Kobe University JSPS research fellow DC1
  • Harada Shin
    Institute for Education and Student Services, Okayama University

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  • 自閉症関連ウェブサイトにおける情報の質と検索順位の一貫性の検討
  • ジヘイショウ カンレン ウェブサイト ニ オケル ジョウホウ ノ シツ ト ケンサク ジュンイ ノ イッカンセイ ノ ケントウ

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<p>The internet is a frequently accessed source of information for people with autism and parents of children with autism. Therefore, websites should contain accurate information to help such people and their parents make informed decisions on treatment options. However, autism-related information on the internet has quality problems, including in accuracy. Moreover, displayed information differed depending on the search engine and time passage. In November 2020, this study extracted 21 frequently accessed sites from 480 sites by searching for autism-related terms on major search engines and examined the quality of information on these sites using DISCERN tools. We also examined the consistency of the returned results in November 2018 and November 2020. The results indicated that websites’ information quality was lower than reported in previous studies, and accountability was a predictor of information quality. The results also showed that the consistency among search engines was moderate, and the consistency over time was low. We have discussed the dissemination of autismrelated information on the internet.</p>

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