Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2009
Volume 5726 of the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science pp 736-749
Fancy a Drink in Canary Wharf?: A User Study on Location-Based Mobile Search
- Alia AminAffiliated withCentrum Wiskunde & Informatica
- , Sian TownsendAffiliated withGoogle UK Ltd.
- , Jacco van OssenbruggenAffiliated withCentrum Wiskunde & InformaticaVU University
- , Lynda HardmanAffiliated withCentrum Wiskunde & InformaticaUniversity of Amsterdam
Abstract
We present a web-based diary study on location-based search behavior using a mobile search engine. To capture users’ location-based search behavior in a ubiquitous setting, we use a web-based diary tool that collects users’ detailed mobile search activity, their location and diary entries. This method enables us to capture users’ explicit behavior (query made), their implicit intention (motivation behind search) and the context (spatial, temporal, and social) in which the search was carried out. The results of the study show that people tend to stick closely to regularly used routes and regularly visited places, e.g. home and work. We also found that most location-based searches are conducted while in the presence of others. We summarize our findings and offer suggestions to improve location-based search by using features such as location-based service mash-ups.
Keywords
Location-based search local search mobile search diary study- Title
- Fancy a Drink in Canary Wharf?: A User Study on Location-Based Mobile Search
- Book Title
- Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2009
- Book Subtitle
- 12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Uppsala, Sweden, August 24-28, 2009, Proceedings, Part I
- Pages
- pp 736-749
- Copyright
- 2009
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-642-03655-2_80
- Print ISBN
- 978-3-642-03654-5
- Online ISBN
- 978-3-642-03655-2
- Series Title
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- Series Volume
- 5726
- Series ISSN
- 0302-9743
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
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- Location-based search
- local search
- mobile search
- diary study
- Industry Sectors
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- Editors
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- Tom Gross (16)
- Jan Gulliksen (17)
- Paula Kotzé (18)
- Lars Oestreicher (19)
- Philippe Palanque (20)
- Raquel Oliveira Prates (21)
- Marco Winckler (22)
- Editor Affiliations
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- 16. Faculty of Media, Bauhaus University Weimar
- 17. Department for Information Technology, Uppsala University
- 18. Meraka Institute
- 19. Department of Information Science, Uppsala University
- 20. University Paul Sabatier
- 21. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
- 22. Université Paul Sabatier
- Authors
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- Alia Amin (23)
- Sian Townsend (24)
- Jacco van Ossenbruggen (23) (25)
- Lynda Hardman (23) (26)
- Author Affiliations
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- 23. Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 24. Google UK Ltd., London, United Kingdom
- 25. VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 26. University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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