Title :
TheHotMap.com: Enabling Flexible Interaction in Next-Generation Web Search Interfaces
Author :
Hoeber, Orland ; Brooks, Michael ; Schroeder, Daniel ; Yang, Xue Dong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, St. John´´s, NL
Abstract :
TheHotMap.com is an example of a next-generation Web search interface, wherein users are able to take an active role in the Web search process. Information that can assist searchers in their Web search tasks is presented in a visual manner. The system supports user interaction both during the query refinement process, as well as the search results exploration process. This paper describes the features of TheHotMap.com; usage log analysis illustrates the benefits of supporting flexible interaction within a single unified Web search interface.
Keywords :
Internet; human computer interaction; query processing; user interfaces; TheHotMap.com; log analysis; next-generation Web search interface; query refinement process; user interaction; visual manner; Computer science; Frequency; Histograms; Information retrieval; Intelligent agent; Prototypes; Search engines; User interfaces; Web search; Web search; interface; usage log analysis; visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology, 2008. WI-IAT '08. IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3496-1
DOI :
10.1109/WIIAT.2008.150
