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2007
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
Determining the user intent of web search engine queries
Determining the user intent of Web searches is a difficult problem due to the sparse data available concerning the searcher. In this paper, we examine a method to determine the us...
Bernard J. Jansen, Danielle L. Booth, Amanda Spink
WWW
2007
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
Communication as information-seeking: the case for mobile social software for developing regions
In this paper, we describe several findings from a multi-year, multi-method study of how information and communication technologies have been adopted and adapted in Central Asia. ...
Beth E. Kolko, Emma J. Rose, Erica J. Johnson
WWW
2007
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
Optimal audio-visual representations for illiterate users of computers
We present research leading toward an understanding of the optimal audio-visual representation for illustrating concepts for illiterate and semi-literate users of computers. In ou...
Indrani Medhi, Archana Prasad, Kentaro Toyama
WWW
2007
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
Expertise networks in online communities: structure and algorithms
Web-based communities have become important places for people to seek and share expertise. We find that networks in these communities typically differ in their topology from other...
Jun Zhang, Mark S. Ackerman, Lada A. Adamic
WWW
2007
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
Towards effective browsing of large scale social annotations
This paper is concerned with the problem of browsing social annotations. Today, a lot of services (e.g., Del.icio.us, Filckr) have been provided for helping users to manage and sh...
Rui Li, Shenghua Bao, Yong Yu, Ben Fei, Zhong Su