3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying the ranked search results in response to receiving the positioning input via the control graphic.
1. A method implemented at least in part by a computing device, the method comprising: receiving, by the computing device, search results responsive to a search query conducted using a search term; based at least in part on the search results, generating, by the computing device, information tags of phrases for graphical display at respective locations adjacent to a control graphic configured to receive a positioning input from a user, the respective locations of the information tags being organized according to a change in concepts associated with the information tags, and the control graphic comprising a graphic representing the search term, the graphic representing the search term being positionable relative to the respective locations of the information tags to express a user's search intent with respect to the information tags; receiving, by the computing device, a positioning input via the control graphic that positions the control graphic; selecting at least two information tags of the information tags based at least in part on a distance between the control graphic and the information tags; weighting a selected information tag of the at least two selected information tags based at least in part on a distance between a location of the control graphic and the selected information tag; weighting another selected information tag of the at least two selected information tags based at least in part on a distance between a location of the control graphic and the other selected information tag; and ranking the search results based at least in part on the weighted information tag and the other weighted information tag.