Yahoo! Inc.

Gordon Guo-Zheng Sun

Belle L Tseng

Larry Paul Heck

Xin Li

Srinivas Vadrevu

Ya Zhang

Chung Kei Wong

Keke Chen

Rongqing Lu

Methods and apparatuses are provided for adapting hierarchical structure information associated with a first ranking function tuned for use in a first domain for use in a second domain.

Methods and apparatuses for adapting a ranking function of a search engine for use with a specific domain

A system for determining the intent of query that includes a search engine that receives a first search query, a query/click log module configured to store log data associated with the first search query; and a computational module that generates metric values associated with the first search query based on the log data and that determines that the first search query is one of a regional specific query or a global query based on the metric values, where the metric values reflect a likelihood of local intent of the first search query, and where the search engine provides search results selected in part based on the metric values.

Identifying regional sensitive queries in web search

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Redwood City, CA, United States of America

Gordon Guo-Zheng Sun