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HICSS
2009
IEEE
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15 years 4 months ago
Task Behaviors During Web Search: The Difficulty of Assigning Labels
By examining searcher behavior on a large search engine, we have identified seven basic kinds of task behaviors that can be observed in web search session logs. In the studies rep...
Daniel M. Russell, Diane Tang, Melanie Kellar, Rob...
PRICAI
2000
Springer
15 years 1 months ago
Towards a Next-Generation Search Engine
As more information becomes available on the World Wide Web, it has become an acute problem to provide effective search tools for information access. Previous generations of search...
Qiang Yang, Hai-Feng Wang, Ji-Rong Wen, Gao Zhang,...
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TREC
2001
14 years 11 months ago
Important Cognitive Components of Domain-Specific Search Knowledge
Many users have acquired a sophisticated understanding of searching the Web in specific domains. For example, we often hear of users who can get amazing deals for electronic produ...
Suresh K. Bhavnani
CIKM
2009
Springer
15 years 4 months ago
Analyzing and evaluating query reformulation strategies in web search logs
Users frequently modify a previous search query in hope of retrieving better results. These modifications are called query reformulations or query refinements. Existing research h...
Jeff Huang, Efthimis N. Efthimiadis
WEBI
2009
Springer
15 years 4 months ago
The Geographical Life of Search
This article describes a geographical study on the usage of a search engine, focusing on the traffic details at the level of countries and continents. The main objective is to un...
Ricardo A. Baeza-Yates, Christian Middleton, Carlo...