: Classic IR (information retrieval) is inherently predicated on users searching for information, the socalled "information need". But the need behind a web search is oft...
How do we identify images of the same person in photo albums? How can we find images of a particular celebrity using web image search engines? These types of tasks require solvin...
We describe results from Web search log studies aimed at elucidating user behaviors associated with queries and destination URLs that appear with different frequencies. We note th...
Doug Downey, Susan T. Dumais, Daniel J. Liebling, ...
The book covers the following topics: examining the structure of HTTP requests, monitoring the packets being transferred between a web server and web browser, executing simple HTTP...
Web search engines have historically focused on connecting people with information resources. For example, if a person wanted to know when their flight to Hyderabad was leaving, a...