SearchLog: A Web Browser Extension for Capturing Search Logs in Laboratory Studies

[2606.05040] SearchLog: A Web Browser Extension for Capturing Search Logs in Laboratory Studies Skip to main content Search Submit Donate Log in Computer Science > Information Retrieval arXiv:2606.05040 (cs) [Submitted on 3 Jun 2026 ( v1 ), last revised 28 Aug 2026 (this version, v2)] Title: SearchLog: A Web Browser Extension for Capturing Search Logs in Laboratory Studies Authors: Jiaman He , Riccardo Xia , Dana McKay , Damiano Spina , Johanne R. Trippas View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract: Natural search logs are valuable for studying search behavior in information seeking settings. We present SearchLog, an easy-to-install web browser extension for collecting natural search logs during lab-based studies. SearchLog enables participants to search the open web in a browser while recording structured interaction data from the mouse, keyboard, search activity, and browser state modules. The extension captures clicks, scrolling, hovered text, typed words, search queries, result rankings, AI-generated summaries when available, tab activity, and window changes. A local Flask backend stores each session as an ordered JSON event stream, including HTML snapshots and preprocessed search result data for later analysis. These logs can be used to derive measures such as query reformulation, page visits, dwell time, scroll behavior, tab switching, search path complexity, and exposure to AI-generated search content. By supporting natural browser-based search with structured experimental metadata, SearchLog provides a reusable resource to study search behavior across traditional and AI-enhanced search interfaces. SearchLog is available at this https URL . Comments: Demo paper accepted at CIKM 2026 Subjects: Information Retrieval (cs.IR) Cite as: arXiv:2606.05040 [cs.IR] (or arXiv:2606.05040v2 [cs.IR] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2606.05040 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Related DOI : https://doi.org/10.1145/3799682.3840250 Focus to learn more DOI(s) linking to related resources Submission history From: Jiaman He [ view email ] [v1] Wed, 3 Jun 2026 16:03:29 UTC (179 KB) [v2] Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:34:27 UTC (178 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View PDF HTML (experimental) TeX Source view license Additional Features Audio Summary Current browse context: cs.IR < prev | next > new | recent | 2026-06 Change to browse by: cs References & Citations SciX Google Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer ( What is the Explorer? ) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers ( What is Connected Papers? ) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps ( What is Litmaps? ) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations ( What are Smart Citations? ) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv ( What is alphaXiv? ) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers ( What is CatalyzeX? ) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub ( What is DagsHub? ) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub ( What is GotitPub? ) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face ( What is Huggingface? ) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast ( What is ScienceCast? ) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate ( What is Replicate? ) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces ( What is Spaces? ) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI ( What is TXYZ.AI? ) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower ( What are Influence Flowers? ) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender ( What is CORE? ) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs . Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax ( What is MathJax? ) We gratefully acknowledge support from our major funders , member institutions , and all contributors. About · Help · Contact · Subscribe · Copyright · Privacy · Accessibility · Operational Status (opens in new tab)

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