Paper Info
Title
Introducing Navigation Graphs as a Technique for Improving WWW User Browsing
Abstract
In this paper we show that users move from page to page, in the WWW, by following similar browsing patterns when they have similar browsing experience. Similar browsing patterns do not absolutely imply that the same URL's are visited. They only mean that users react in similar ways to similar web sites and follow almost foreseen routes. In order to prove this conclusion we introduce the Navigation Graph technique to trace users' web browsing patterns. We also categorize sites according to their structure by using a commercial tool. Having done these, we analyze the results of the navigation graphs and present them, pointing out the problems that users may encounter. Finally, in order to answer to these problems, we propose enhancements that can improve the performance of web browsers and web servers.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2001
WAIM
introducing navigation graphs,similar web site,navigation graph technique,improving www user browsing,similar browsing experience,similar way,navigation graph,web server,categorize site,similar browsing pattern,web browser,commercial tool,web browsing
Field
DocType
Volume
Graph,World Wide Web,Web browser,Computer science,Web navigation,Web site,Proxy server,The Internet,Web server
Conference
2118
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
0302-9743
3-540-42298-6
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
5
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Christos Bouras1786136.48
Agisilaos Konidaris2444.75
Eleni Konidari330.85
Afroditi Sevasti400.68