Mobile web search by query specification: An example of google mobile

Chih Fong Tsai, Wei Chao Lin, Chihli Hung

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Abstract

To access web information via mobile devices is a very challenging problem since the screen size of mobile devices is limited to present the retrieval results. Therefore, many related studies propose different approaches of displaying the retrieved web documents to fit into the small screen, such as navigation by scrolling, panning and zooming. However, very few studies consider narrowing down the search space in the query formulation step. That is, query specifications can be used during the query process. This paper takes Google as an example and presents several mobile interfaces for web search by asking users to specify what kind or content of web documents are to be retrieved. These query specification interfaces are able to retrieve less but more relevant documents to users' queries. Consequently, mobile users can spend less time to browse many irrelevant documents by the general web search interface.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication40th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering
Subtitle of host publicationSoft Computing Techniques for Advanced Manufacturing and Service Systems, CIE40 2010
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event40th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, CIE40 2010 - Awaji, Japan
Duration: 25 Jul 201028 Jul 2010

Publication series

Name40th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering: Soft Computing Techniques for Advanced Manufacturing and Service Systems, CIE40 2010

Conference

Conference40th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, CIE40 2010
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityAwaji
Period25/07/1028/07/10

Keywords

  • Information retrieval
  • Interface
  • Mobile web
  • Query specification

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