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CIKM
2007
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
The role of documents vs. queries in extracting class attributes from text
Challenging the implicit reliance on document collections, this paper discusses the pros and cons of using query logs rather than document collections, as self-contained sources o...
Marius Pasca, Benjamin Van Durme, Nikesh Garera
CIKM
2007
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
"I know what you did last summer": query logs and user privacy
We investigate the subtle cues to user identity that may be exploited in attacks on the privacy of users in web search query logs. We study the application of simple classifiers ...
Rosie Jones, Ravi Kumar, Bo Pang, Andrew Tomkins
CIKM
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Identifying comparable entities on the web
Web search engines are often presented with user queries that involve comparisons of real-world entities. Thus far, this interaction has typically been captured by users submittin...
Alpa Jain, Patrick Pantel
ICASSP
2009
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Leveraging multiple query logs to improve language models for spoken query recognition
A voice search system requires a speech interface that can correctly recognize spoken queries uttered by users. The recognition performance strongly relies on a robust language mo...
Xiao Li, Patrick Nguyen, Geoffrey Zweig, Dan Bohus
SIGMOD
2004
ACM
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14 years 4 months ago
Identifying Similarities, Periodicities and Bursts for Online Search Queries
We present several methods for mining knowledge from the query logs of the MSN search engine. Using the query logs, we build a time series for each query word or phrase (e.g., `Th...
Michail Vlachos, Christopher Meek, Zografoula Vage...
SIGMOD
2009
ACM
189views Database» more  SIGMOD 2009»
14 years 4 months ago
Query segmentation using conditional random fields
A growing mount of available text data are being stored in relational databases, giving rise to an increasing need for the RDBMSs to support effective text retrieval. In this pape...
Xiaohui Yu, Huxia Shi
WWW
2007
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Acquiring ontological knowledge from query logs
We present a method for acquiring ontological knowledge using search query logs. We first use query logs to identify important contexts associated with terms belonging to a semant...
Satoshi Sekine, Hisami Suzuki
WWW
2008
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Using the wisdom of the crowds for keyword generation
In the sponsored search model, search engines are paid by businesses that are interested in displaying ads for their site alongside the search results. Businesses bid for keywords...
Ariel Fuxman, Panayiotis Tsaparas, Kannan Achan, R...