@article{broder2002taxonomy, abstract = {Classic IR (information retrieval) is inherently predicated on users searching for information, the so-called "information need". But the need behind a web search is often not informational -- it might be navigational (give me the url of the site I want to reach) or transactional (show me sites where I can perform a certain transaction, e.g. shop, download a file, or find a map). We explore this taxonomy of web searches and discuss how global search engines evolved to deal with web-specific needs.}, acmid = {792552}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Broder, Andrei}, doi = {10.1145/792550.792552}, interhash = {1bfc1fd93c01979b73e05ae519a46bce}, intrahash = {4b51890dd2fd0006042d50e73b725ff5}, issn = {0163-5840}, issue_date = {Fall 2002}, journal = {SIGIR Forum}, month = sep, number = 2, numpages = {8}, pages = {3--10}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {A taxonomy of web search}, url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/792550.792552}, volume = 36, year = 2002 }