A taxonomy of web search

: Classic IR (information retrieval) is inherently predicated on users searching for information, the socalled "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.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2002
• Where: SIGIR
• Authors: Andrei Z. Broder
• Keywords: Classic IR, Information, Information Retrieval, Information Technology, SIGIR 2002