An analysis of queries intended to search information for children

Sergio Duarte Torres; Djoerd Hiemstra; Pavel Serdyukov

doi:10.1145/1840784.1840819

An analysis of queries intended to search information for children

Sergio Duarte Torres, Djoerd Hiemstra, Pavel Serdyukov

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Abstract

Query logs contain valuable information about the behavior, interests, and preferences of the users. The analysis of this information can give insight in their interaction and search behavior. In this paper, we analyze queries and groups of queries intended to find information that is suitable for children by using a large-scale query log. The aim of the analysis it twofold: (i) To identify differences in the query space, content space, user sessions, and user click behavior. (ii) To enhance the query log by including annotations of queries, sessions and actions. The paper presents plans to use this resource for further research on information retrieval for children. We found statistically significant differences between the set of general purpose queries, and the set of children queries. We show that many of these differences are consistent with small-scale research studies in which children were observed while using web search engines.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Third Symposium on Information Interaction in Context (IIiX 2010)
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	235-244
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-0247-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1840784.1840819
Publication status	Published - Aug 2010
Event	3rd Symposium on Information Interaction in Context, IIiX 2010 - New Brunswick, United States Duration: 18 Aug 2010 → 21 Aug 2010 Conference number: 3

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Name
Publisher	ACM

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Other	3rd Symposium on Information Interaction in Context, IIiX 2010
Abbreviated title	IIiX 2010
Country/Territory	United States
City	New Brunswick
Period	18/08/10 → 21/08/10

Keywords

METIS-276173
IR-75360
Children
EWI-18910
EC Grant Agreement nr.: FP7/231507
DB-IR: INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
Query log analysis

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Duarte Torres, S, Hiemstra, D & Serdyukov, P 2010, An analysis of queries intended to search information for children. in Proceedings of the Third Symposium on Information Interaction in Context (IIiX 2010). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, pp. 235-244, 3rd Symposium on Information Interaction in Context, IIiX 2010, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 18/08/10. https://doi.org/10.1145/1840784.1840819

An analysis of queries intended to search information for children. / Duarte Torres, Sergio; Hiemstra, Djoerd; Serdyukov, Pavel.
Proceedings of the Third Symposium on Information Interaction in Context (IIiX 2010). New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 2010. p. 235-244.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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