Web Search---Your Way
Communications of the ACMPublished 1 December 2001
Eric J. Glover, Steve Lawrence, Michael D. Gordon, William P. Birmingham, C. Lee Giles
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Improving Web searching with user preferences helps improve search quality and reduces the chance of missed connections.
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Improving Web searching with user preferences.
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