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A taxonomy of web search (2002)
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Andrei Broder
| Venue: | SIGIR FORUM |
| Citations: | 654 - 4 self |
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@ARTICLE{Broder02ataxonomy,
author = {Andrei Broder},
title = {A taxonomy of web search},
journal = {SIGIR FORUM},
year = {2002},
volume = {36},
number = {2},
pages = {3--10}
}
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Abstract
Classic IR (information retrieval) is inherently predicated on users searching for information, the socalled "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.
