Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ645719
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1066-2243
EISSN: N/A
Methodologies for Crawler Based Web Surveys.
Thelwall, Mike
Internet Research, v12 n2 p124-38 2002
Describes Web survey methodologies used to study the content of the Web, and discusses search engines and the concept of crawling the Web. Highlights include Web page selection methodologies; obstacles to reliable automatic indexing of Web sites; publicly indexable pages; crawling parameters; and tests for file duplication. (Contains 62 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Indexing, Measurement Techniques, Search Engines, Surveys, World Wide Web
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
