This paper presents an approach to automatically optimizing the retrieval quality of search engines using clickthrough data. Intuitively, a good information retrieval system should present relevant documents high in the ranking, with less relevant documents following below. While previous

Abstract In this paper, we present Google, a prototype of a large-scale search engine which makes heavy use of the structure present in hypertext. Google is designed to crawl and index the Web efficiently and produce much more satisfying search results than existing systems. The prototype with a

The technology underlying text search engines has advanced dramatically in the past decade. The development of a family of new index representations has led to a wide range of innovations in index storage, index construction, and query evaluation. While some of these developments have been

This paper introduces a technique for mining a collection of user transactions with an Internet search engine to discover clusters of similar queries and similar URLs. The information we exploit is "clickthrough data": each record consists of a user's query to a search engine along

As the number of 3D models available on the Web grows, there is an increasing need for a search engine to help people find them. Unfortunately, traditional text-based search techniques are not always effective for 3D data. In this paper, we investigate new shape-based search methods. The key

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This article presents a high-level discussion of some problems in information retrieval that are unique to web search engines. The goal is to raise awareness and stimulate research in these areas.

's invoice price before going to a dealership. A person having a certain disease may want to find detailed information about the disease as well as its possible cure. A very popular way to find desired information from the Web is to use a search engine, such as Altavista and Lycos. Upon receiving a user

The article examines search engine friendliness of the most popular and widely used search engine marketing (SEM) methods. In the first part, SEM methods and approaches that are in line with search engines ’ official guidelines are examined and analyzed. The second part deals with popular methods

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.