A taxonomy of web search Export

@article{citeulike:838560, 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.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Broder, Andrei}, citeulike-article-id = {838560}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=792552}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/792550.792552}, doi = {10.1145/792550.792552}, issn = {0163-5840}, journal = {SIGIR Forum}, keywords = {search\_engine}, number = {2}, pages = {3--10}, posted-at = {2007-10-15 08:45:17}, priority = {3}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {A taxonomy of web search}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/792550.792552}, volume = {36}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:838560 L3 - citeulike-article-id:838560 N2 - 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. IS - 2 JF - SIGIR Forum SN - 0163-5840 AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 10 TI - A taxonomy of web search PB - ACM VL - 36 SP - 3 KW - search_engine AU - Broder, Andrei PY - 2002/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/792550.792552 ER -