Title
A picture of search
Abstract
We survey many of the measures used to describe and evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of large-scale search services. These measures, herein visualized versus verbalized, reveal a domain rich in complexity and scale. We cover six principle facets of search: the query space, users' query sessions, user behavior, operational requirements, the content space, and user demographics. While this paper focuses on measures, the measurements themselves raise questions and suggest avenues of further investigation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1145/1146847.1146848
Scalable Information Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
system modeling,user modeling,operational requirement,large-scale search service,content space,query session,query space,user behavior,distributed database searching,user interfaces.,search methods,principle facet,user demographics,distributed database,user interface,user model,user interfaces
World Wide Web,Computer science,Human–computer interaction,Operational requirements,Systems modeling,User modeling,Demographics,User interface,User interface design,User requirements document,Distributed computing
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
1-59593-428-6
347
13.53
References 
Authors
11
3
Search Limit
100347
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Greg Pass1101085.31
Abdur Chowdhury22013160.59
Cayley Torgeson334713.53