Title
The effect of user intent on the stability of search engine results
Abstract
Previous work has established that search engine queries can be classified according to the intent of the searcher (i.e., why is the user searching, what specifically do they intend to do). In this article, we describe an experiment in which four sets of queries, each set representing a different user intent, are repeatedly submitted to three search engines over a period of 60 days. Using a variety of measurements, we describe the overall stability of the search engine results recorded for each group. Our findings suggest that search engine results for informational queries are significantly more stable than the results obtained using transactional, navigational, or commercial queries. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1002/asi.21550
JASIST
Keywords
Field
DocType
search engine query,wiley periodicals,different user intent,overall stability,commercial query,previous work,informational query,search engine,search engine result,stability
Data mining,World Wide Web,Metasearch engine,Search engine,Information retrieval,Semantic search,Computer science,Database search engine,Queries per second,User intent,Search analytics,Transactional leadership
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
62
7
1532-2882
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.41
29
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mark Truran128614.43
Jan-Felix Schmakeit291.20
Helen Ashman376766.74