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Ranking Links on the Web: Search and Surf Engines
Ranking Links on the Web: Search and Surf Engines  
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The main algorithms at the heart of search engines have focused on ranking and classifying sites. This is appropriate when we know what we are looking for and want it directly. Alternatively, we surf, in which case ranking and classifying links becomes the focus. We address this problem using a latent semantic analysis of the web. This technique allows us to rate, suppress or create links giving us a version of the web suitable for surfing. Furthermore, we show on benchmark examples that the performance of search algorithms such as PageRank is substantially improved as they work on an appropriately weighted graph.
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