Cultivation System of Search-Query-Setting Skill by Visualizing Search Results

Abstract

In using a search engine, we propose words as a search query that we believe are likely to locate various kinds of desired information. When a search result fails to include the desired information or does not answer our questions, we often change the search query based on the difference between the contents of the search result and the desired information. Unless the change is effective, we will continue to get unsatisfactory information even if we repeatedly change our search query. In this research, we define a search-query-setting skill, which we define as the ability to effectively change a search query, and propose a system that improves such skills by helping users find effective words as search queries. Our system shows the distributions of search results before and after changing search queries. By comparing them, users can evaluate their changes.