Measuring the reputation of web sites: A preliminary exploration

Proceedings of First ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 77-78

  Keast, Greg ^a   Toms, Elaine G ^a   Cherry, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alta Vista; Authority; Evaluation; Google; Lycos; Reputation; TOPIC; Web sites; Yahoo

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SEARCH ENGINES; SERVERS;

MANAGEMENT SERVICES;

WEBSITES;

EID: 0035786731     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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