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Finding our way on the web: exploring the role of waypoints in search interaction

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Ryen W. White,

Adish SinglaAuthors Info & Claims

WWW '11: Proceedings of the 20th international conference companion on World wide web

Pages 147 - 148

https://doi.org/10.1145/1963192.1963267

Published: 28 March 2011 Publication History

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Information needs are rarely satisfied directly on search engine result pages. Searchers usually need to click through to search results (landing pages) and follow search trails beyond those pages to fulfill information needs. We use the term waypoints to describe pages visited by searchers between the trail origin (the landing page) and the trail destination. The role that waypoints play in search interaction is poorly understood yet can be vital in determining search success. In this poster we analyze log data to determine the arrangement and function of waypoints, and study how these are affected by variations in information goals. Our findings have implications for understanding search behavior and for the design of interactive search support based on waypoints.

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WWW '11: Proceedings of the 20th international conference companion on World wide web

March 2011

552 pages

ISBN:9781450306379

DOI:10.1145/1963192

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S. Sadagopan
IIIT-Bangalore, India
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Krithi Ramamritham
IIT-Bombay, India
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Arun Kumar
IBM Research, India
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M. P. Ravindra
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Elisa Bertino
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