TY - GEN
T1 - Query modifications patterns during Web searching
AU - Jansen, Bernard J.
AU - Spink, Amanda
AU - Narayan, Bhuva
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - We examine 2,465,145 interactions from 534,507 users of Dogpile.com submitted 6 May 2005. We compare query reformulation patterns. We investigate the type of query modifications and query modification transitions within sessions. Searchers most often modified their query by changing query terms (nearly 23% of all query modifications). Searchers' queries undergoing modification typically transition from Web to Image collections in content shifts (37% of all content transitions), and searchers typically implement assistance at the start of a session or when switching content collections (21% of all assistance usage). This research sheds light on the more complex aspects of Web searching involving query modifications.
AB - We examine 2,465,145 interactions from 534,507 users of Dogpile.com submitted 6 May 2005. We compare query reformulation patterns. We investigate the type of query modifications and query modification transitions within sessions. Searchers most often modified their query by changing query terms (nearly 23% of all query modifications). Searchers' queries undergoing modification typically transition from Web to Image collections in content shifts (37% of all content transitions), and searchers typically implement assistance at the start of a session or when switching content collections (21% of all assistance usage). This research sheds light on the more complex aspects of Web searching involving query modifications.
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U2 - 10.1109/ITNG.2007.164
DO - 10.1109/ITNG.2007.164
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34548130840
SN - 0769527760
SN - 9780769527765
T3 - Proceedings - International Conference on Information Technology-New Generations, ITNG 2007
SP - 439
EP - 444
BT - Proceedings - International Conference on Information Technology-New Generations, ITNG 2007
T2 - 4th International Conference on Information Technology-New Generations, ITNG 2007
Y2 - 2 April 2007 through 4 April 2007
ER -