This paper explores the use of social annotations to improve web search. Nowadays, many services, e.g. del.icio.us, have been developed for web users to organize and share their f...
At present, the search for specific information on the World Wide Web is faced with several problems, which arise on the one hand from the vast number of information sources avail...
Thomas Eiter, Michael Fink, Giuliana Sabbatini, Ha...
Although the Web lets users freely browse and publish information, most Web information is unauthorized in contrast to conventional mass media. Therefore, it is not always credibl...
Following the advent of the Internet technology and the rapid growth of its applications, users have spent long periods of time browsing through the ocean of information found in ...
This article presents a high-level discussion of some problems that are unique to web search engines. The goal is to raise awareness and stimulate research in these areas.