17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising: one or more instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to receive a string of information that includes one or more ticker symbol terms; one or more instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to identify a frequency of usage of the one or more ticker symbol terms; one or more instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to identify a trading volume of a stock, mutual fund, or market index corresponding to the one or more ticker symbol terms; one or more instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to generate a measure of intent for the one or more ticker symbol terms based on the frequency of usage of the one or more ticker symbol terms and the trading volume of the stock, mutual fund, or market index, the measure of intent reflecting a likelihood that the one or more ticker symbol terms are intended as a request for ticker information rather than a request for non-ticker information; one or more instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a search for the ticker information when the generated measure of intent reflects the likelihood that the one or more ticker symbol terms are intended as a request for the ticker information; and one or more instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to provide the ticker information to a client.
20. The computer-readable medium of claim 17 , where the one or more instructions to identify the trading volume in the stock, mutual fund, or market index corresponding to the one or more ticker symbol terms include: one or more instructions to identify a frequency with which a home page of a company, that is associated with the one or more ticker symbol terms, appears in search results, and one or more instructions to use information regarding the identified frequency to identify the trading volume in the stock, mutual fund, or market index corresponding to the one or more ticker symbol terms.