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Place value: word position shifts vital to search dynamics

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With fast changing information needs in today's world, it is imperative that search engines precisely understand and exploit temporal changes in Web queries. In this work, we look at shifts in preferred positions of segments in queries over an interval of four years. We find that such shifts can predict key changes in usage patterns, and explain the observed increase in query lengths. Our findings indicate that recording positional statistics can be vital for understanding user intent in Web search queries.

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    WWW '13 Companion: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on World Wide Web
    May 2013
    1636 pages
    ISBN:9781450320382
    DOI:10.1145/2487788
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    • CGIBR: Comite Gestor da Internet no Brazil

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    Published: 13 May 2013

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    1. position shifts
    2. query log analysis
    3. query understanding

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    • CGIBR
    WWW '13: 22nd International World Wide Web Conference
    May 13 - 17, 2013
    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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    WWW '13 Companion Paper Acceptance Rate 831 of 1,250 submissions, 66%;
    Overall Acceptance Rate 1,899 of 8,196 submissions, 23%

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