On the robustness of google scholar against spam

In this poster we present the current results of several experiments in which we analyzed whether spamming Google Scholar is possible. Our results show, it is possible: We ,,improved the ranking of articles by manipulating their citation counts and we made articles appear in searchers for keywords the articles did not originally contained by placing invisible text in modified versions of the article. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.3.3 [Information Storage and Retrieval]: Information Search and Retrieval

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: HT
• Authors: Jöran Beel, Bela Gipp
• Keywords: Academic Search Engines, General Terms Algorithms, HT 2010, Internet Technology, Legal Aspects Keywords