
Data for the forthcoming publication 'Contested Components: Studying Interface Enrichment as a Form of Content Moderation on Google and Bing'. Datasets contain information on SERP components for Google Bing when querying 2000 controversial and 914 non-controversial questions. Files include: question_data.csv: Information on questions sourced from 4chan and leftychan boards in November 2024. Columns include the counts per board (/fit/, /b/, /pol/. /int/, /k/, /lgbt/, and /leftypol/), categorization as controversial/non-controverial, and toxicity scores determined by Perspective API. serp_components.csv: Information on the SERP data gathered using Zoekplaatje. Collected on 24 November 2024. screenshots.zip: Screenshots of all SERPs. Note that at times, expanding the AI Overview box on Google resulted in the search bar overlaying the generated text. component_analysis.ipynb: Code for analyzing the data. Component taxomony and screenshots Search engine Component name Count Example Google organic 19,470 Click to view Bing organic 18,677 Click to view Google related-questions 1,534 Click to view Bing related-queries 1,425 Click to view Bing info-card 1,320 Click to view (each card is its own info-card component) Google related-queries 1,289 Click to view Bing organic-answer 1,140 Click to view (often summarised through AI-assisted means) Bing video-widget 776 Click to view Bing organic-showcase 752 Click to view Bing related-questions 725 Click to view Google ai-overview 499 Click to view Bing organic-wiki-widget 271 Click to view Google did-you-mean 223 Click to view Bing related-queries-carousel 219 Click to view Bing info-card-image 136 Click to view Bing knowledge-card-explore-more 127 Click to view Google forums-widget 115 Click to view Bing topic-card 114 Click to view Google video-widget 102 Click to view Bing knowledge-card-wiki 98 Click to view Bing search-correction 78 Click to view Bing knowledge-card-fact 74 Click to view Google card-list-widget 66 Click to view Bing knowledge-card-quote 57 Click to view Google organic-summary 55 Click to view Bing knowledge-card-timeline 46 Click to view Google safe-search 42 Click to view Google big-image-carousel 35 Click to view Bing news-widget 34 Click to view Google few-matches 27 Click to view Google organic-factcheck 27 Click to view Bing wiki-popout-widget 23 Click to view Bing studies-widget 21 Click to view Google top-stories-widget 21 Click to view Google info-card 19 Click to view Google wiki-widget 15 Click to view Bing map-widget 12 Click to view Bing dictionary-widget 11 Click to view Bing knowledge-card-multiple-carousels 11 Click to view Bing info-card-video 10 Click to view Bing knowledge-card-bing-tok-carousel 9 Click to view Bing explore-more 8 Click to view Google dictionary-widget 8 Click to view Bing knowledge-card-poll 7 Click to view Bing ai-answer-widget 6 Click to view Bing knowledge-card-trivia 6 Click to view Bing video-widget-sensitive 6 Click to view Bing large-video-widget 5 Click to view
Search Engine/ethics
Search Engine/ethics
| selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 0 | |
| popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Average | |
| influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Average | |
| impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Average |
