SEARCHING METHODS AND DEVICES

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for improving search with user corrections. In one aspect, a methods performed by a data processing apparatus include the actions of receiving a value result set, accessing historical records of user corrections stored at one or more data storage devices, the historical records describing user corrections of the characterization of instance attributes by values, determining that the historical records of user corrections describe a first user correction involving a first value in the value result set, and changing a confidence parameter embodying a confidence that the first value correctly characterizes the attribute of the instance. The value result set comprises a collection of one or more values. The values are candidates for characterizing an attribute of an instance. The first value is involved in the correction as either a corrected value or an uncorrected value.