Classic IR (information retrieval) is inherently predicated on users searching for information, the so-called "information need". But the need behind a web search is often not informational -- it might be navigational (give me the url of the site I want to reach) or transactional (show me sites where I can perform a certain transaction, e.g. shop, download a file, or find a map). We explore this taxonomy of web searches and discuss how global search engines evolved to deal with web-specific needs.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Broder2002
%A Broder, Andrei
%C New York, NY, USA
%D 2002
%I ACM
%J SIGIR Forum
%K IUI09 goals search
%N 2
%P 3--10
%R http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/792550.792552
%T A taxonomy of web search
%U http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=792552
%V 36
%X Classic IR (information retrieval) is inherently predicated on users searching for information, the so-called "information need". But the need behind a web search is often not informational -- it might be navigational (give me the url of the site I want to reach) or transactional (show me sites where I can perform a certain transaction, e.g. shop, download a file, or find a map). We explore this taxonomy of web searches and discuss how global search engines evolved to deal with web-specific needs.
@article{Broder2002,
abstract = {Classic IR (information retrieval) is inherently predicated on users searching for information, the so-called "information need". But the need behind a web search is often not informational -- it might be navigational (give me the url of the site I want to reach) or transactional (show me sites where I can perform a certain transaction, e.g. shop, download a file, or find a map). We explore this taxonomy of web searches and discuss how global search engines evolved to deal with web-specific needs.},
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address = {New York, NY, USA},
author = {Broder, Andrei},
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journal = {SIGIR Forum},
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number = 2,
pages = {3--10},
publisher = {ACM},
timestamp = {2008-09-08T20:59:11.000+0200},
title = {A taxonomy of web search},
url = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=792552},
volume = 36,
year = 2002
}