Information retrieval (IR) has changed considerably in recent years with the expansion of the
World Wide Web and the advent of modern and inexpensive graphical user interfaces and …

Este libro se centra en los usuarios humanos de los motores de búsqueda y la herramienta
que utilizan para interactuar con ellos: la interfaz de usuario de búsqueda. El alcance …

An eye tracking experiment revealed that college student users have substantial trust in
Google's ability to rank results by their true relevance to the query. When the participants …

Users frequently modify a previous search query in hope of retrieving better results. These
modifications are called query reformulations or query refinements. Existing research has …

Experimental research on selective exposure on online platforms is generally limited by a
narrow focus on specific parts of the information selection process, rather than integrating …

Research questions: This tutorial aims to answer two general questions:(1) What contributes
to search engine rankings? and (2) What can web content creators and webmasters do to …

A Web query consists of one or more search terms. Queries are an integral component of
Web searching and the expression of a searcher's information problem to the Web search …

Previous studies have examined various aspects of user behavior on the Web, including
general information‐seeking patterns, search engine use, and revisitation habits. Little …

Web personalization allows online merchants to customize Web content to serve the needs
of individual customers. Using data mining and clickstream analysis techniques, merchants …

The presentation of query biased document snippets as part of results pages presented by
search engines has become an expectation of search engine users. In this paper we explore …