Method and apparatus for automated query generation for search system quality assessment

A method comprising:

• identifying a reference point-of-interest from a reference data database;
• extracting at least one point-of-interest attribute from the reference point-of-interest;
• identifying a geographic location of the reference point-of-interest;
• calculating a search center for a test query based on the geographic location of the reference point-of-interest and selected proximity from the reference point-of-interest;
• generating the test query based on a selected point-of-interest attribute from the reference point-of-interest and the search center;
• querying a search engine using the test query;
• receiving one or more responses to the test query;
• analyzing the one or more responses to calculate response quality metrics and a system quality report;
• and
• modifying the search engine based, at least in part, on the test query, the one or more responses, the response quality metrics, and the system quality report.

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising program code instructions to:

• identify a reference point-of-interest from a reference data database;
• extract at least one point-of-interest attribute from the reference point-of-interest;
• identify a geographic location of the reference point-of-interest;
• calculate a search center for a test query based on the geographic location of the reference point-of-interest and selected proximity from the reference point-of-interest;
• generate the test query based on the a selected point-of-interest attribute from the reference point-of-interest and the search center;
• query a search engine using the test query;
• receive one or more responses to the test query;
• analyze the one or more responses to calculate response quality metrics and generate a system quality report;
• and
• modify the search engine based, at least in part, on the test query, the one or more responses, the response quality metrics, and the system quality report.