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Retrieving broken web links using an approach based on contextual information

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Retrieving broken web links using an approach based on contextual information
In this short note we present a recommendation system for automatic retrieval of broken Web links using an approach based on contextual information. We extract information from the context of a link such as the anchor text, the content of the page containing the link, and a combination of the cache page in some search engine and web archive, if it exists. Then the selected information is processed and submitted to a search engine. We propose an algorithm based on information retrieval techniques to select the most relevant information and to rank the candidate pages provided for the search engine, in order to help the user to find the best replacement. To test the different methods, we have also defined a methodology which does not require the user judgements, what increases the objectivity of the results. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.3.3 [Information Storage and Retrieval]: Information Search and Retrieval; H.3.1 [Information Storage and Retrieval]: Content Analysis and Index...
Juan Martinez-Romo, Lourdes Araujo
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Type Journal
Year 2009
Where HT
Authors Juan Martinez-Romo, Lourdes Araujo
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