This paper proposes a cache hierarchy that enables Web search engines to efficiently process user queries. The different caches in the hierarchy are used to store pieces of data w...
This article presents a high-level discussion of some problems that are unique to web search engines. The goal is to raise awareness and stimulate research in these areas.
The placement of Websites in ranked retrieval and the viewing patterns of Web search engine users is a crucial issue for Web site owners and Web search engines. However, little la...
The interfaces used by the top Web search engines have changed very little since the early days of Web search. These interfaces follow the traditional model of information retriev...
Current web search engines essentially conduct document-level ranking and retrieval. However, structured information about realworld objects embedded in static webpages and online...
Web search engines today typically show results as a list of titles and short snippets that summarize how the retrieved documents are related to the query. However, recent researc...
Despite the success of modern Web search engines, challenges remain when it comes to providing people with access to the right information at the right time. In this paper, we desc...
Abstract. With the emergence of multi-core CPU (or Chip-level MultiProcessor -CMP-), it is essential to develop techniques that capitalize on CMP's advantages to speed up very...
Semantic web search engines are evolving and many prototype systems and some implementation have been developed. However, there are some different views on what a semantic search e...
Throughout many of the different types of Web searches people perform, the primary tasks are to first craft a query that effectively captures their information needs, and then eva...