There have been recent interests in studying the "goal" behind a user's Web query, so that this goal can be used to improve the quality of a search engine's re...
We report on a study that was undertaken to better identify users' goals behind web search queries by using click through data. Based on user logs which contain over 80 millio...
One of the main interests in the Web Information Retrieval research area is the identification of the user interests and needs so the search engines and tools can help the users t...
An improved understanding of the relationship between search intent, result quality, and searcher behavior is crucial for improving the effectiveness of web search. While recent p...
One hundred users, one hundred needs. As more and more topics are being discussed on the web and our vocabulary remains relatively stable, it is increasingly difficult to let the ...