Search Performance and User Interaction Monitoring of Search Engines

A system for monitoring search performance and user interaction is provided in the form of a utility ( 300 ) including a plurality of monitoring components ( 302 ), each for dynamic monitoring of an aspect of searching a collection of documents. An analyzer module ( 303 ) analyzes the dynamic monitoring and identifies problems or difficulties in the search performance or user interactions. An output ( 301 ), which may be in the form of a display interface, provides information regarding the search performance and user interaction including one or more of: reasoning, improvement suggestions, reports, and problem alerts. The analyzer module ( 302 ) compares the dynamic monitoring to benchmark search engine conduct and document collection state.