SEARCH SUPPORT APPARATUS, SEARCH SUPPORT METHOD, AND SEARCH SUPPORT PROGRAM

摘要

Provided is a search support apparatus including: a search keyword reception unit that sequentially receives a part of search keywords input by a target user; a first ranking unit that ranks the search keywords for each user based on search history information and generates keyword ranking information; a user association degree calculation unit that calculates a degree of association of search trends between the target user and other users by using the keyword ranking information; a second ranking unit that ranks the other users based on the degree of association and generates other user ranking information; a score calculation unit that calculates a score of the search keywords matching a part of the search keywords; and an input candidate presenting unit that presents, to the target user, search keywords matching a part of the search keywords as input candidates of the search keywords in descending order of the score.