The early success of link-based ranking algorithms was predicated on the assumption that links imply merit of the target pages. However, today many links exist for purposes other ...
Today’s search engines retrieve tens of thousands of web pages in response to fairly simple query articulations. These pages are retrieved on the basis of the query terms occurr...
Richong Zhang, Michael A. Shepherd, Jack Duffy, Ca...
Abstract. Analysis of aggregate and individual Web requests shows that PageRank is a poor predictor of traffic. We use empirical data to characterize properties of Web traffic not ...
Web logs, or blogs, challenge the notion of authorship. Seemingly, rather than a model in which the author's writings are themselves a contribution, the blog author weaves a ...
This paper presents a review of the book "Web Data Mining - Exploring Hyperlinks, Contents, and Usage Data" by Bing Liu. The review concludes that the breadth and depth ...