Handbook of Statistics

Chapter 20

Query Suggestion with Large Scale Data

Nish Parikh, Gyanit Singh and Neel Sundaresan,    eBay Research Labs, San Jose, CA, USA, [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail]

Abstract

Explosive growth of information has created a challenge for search engines in various domains to handle large scale data. It is still difficult for search engines to fully understand user intent in many scenarios. To address this, most search engines provide assistive features to the user which help the users in managing their information need. Query Suggestion (Related Searches) is one such feature which is an integral part of all search engines. It helps steer users toward queries which are more likely to help them succeed in their search missions. ...