?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=arXiv%3A1508.03902&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F3565%2F&rft.title=Domain-specific+queries+and+Web+search+personalization%3A%0D%0Asome+investigations&rft.creator=Hoang%2C+Van+Tien&rft.creator=Spognardi%2C+Angelo&rft.creator=Tiezzi%2C+Francesco&rft.creator=Petrocchi%2C+Marinella&rft.creator=De+Nicola%2C+Rocco&rft.subject=QA76+Computer+software&rft.description=Major+search+engines+deploy+personalized+Web+results+to+enhance+users%E2%80%99+experience%2C+by+showing%0D%0Athem+data+supposed+to+be+relevant+to+their+interests.+Even+if+this+process+may+bring+benefits+to%0D%0Ausers+while+browsing%2C+it+also+raises+concerns+on+the+selection+of+the+search+results.+In+particular%2C%0D%0Ausers+may+be+unknowingly+trapped+by+search+engines+in+protective+information+bubbles%2C+called+%E2%80%9Cfilter%0D%0Abubbles%E2%80%9D%2C+which+can+have+the+undesired+effect+of+separating+users+from+information+that+does+not%0D%0Afit+their+preferences.+This+paper+moves+from+early+results+on+quantification+of+personalization+over%0D%0AGoogle+search+query+results.+Inspired+by+previous+works%2C+we+have+carried+out+some+experiments%0D%0Aconsisting+of+search+queries+performed+by+a+battery+of+Google+accounts+with+differently+prepared%0D%0Aprofiles.+Matching+query+results%2C+we+quantify+the+level+of+personalization%2C+according+to+topics+of+the%0D%0Aqueries+and+the+profile+of+the+accounts.+This+work+reports+initial+results+and+it+is+a+first+step+a+for+more%0D%0Aextensive+investigation+to+measure+Web+search+personalization.&rft.publisher=arXiv&rft.date=2015&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by_nc&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F3565%2F1%2F1508.03902v1.pdf&rft.identifier=++Hoang%2C+Van+Tien+and+Spognardi%2C+Angelo+and+Tiezzi%2C+Francesco+and+Petrocchi%2C+Marinella+and+De+Nicola%2C+Rocco++Domain-specific+queries+and+Web+search+personalization%3A+some+investigations.++Working+Paper+++arXiv+++++++(Submitted)+++&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Farxiv.org%2Fabs%2F1508.03902&rft.relation=arXiv%3A1508.03902