Navigational, Informational or Punk-Rock? An Exploration of Search Intent in the Musical Domain
Bruno Sguerra, Marion Baranes, Romain Hennequin, Manuel Moussallam · 2022
The search engine of music streaming platforms is a high-control method for navigating the catalog. If one is to study users’ search behavior in this context, one can leverage the vast body of research on general information behavior while challenging previously well validated models with the domain-specific differences. Due to the nature of musical content, users present a series of different needs and behaviors than on traditional web search. For instance, some users employ the search engine as a means to drive their listening session, inputting many queries in close succession not related to the same information goal.