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Citation
Jian-qiang Li, Yu Zhao, Hector Garcia-Molina. "A path-based approach for web page retrieval". World Wide Web, 15(3):257-283, May 2012.

Abstract
Use of links to enhance page ranking has been widely studied. The underlying assumption is that links convey recommendations. Although this technique has been used successfully in global web search, it produces poor results for website search, because the majority of the links in a website are used to organize information and convey no recommendations. By distinguishing these two kinds of links, respectively for recommendation and information organization, this paper describes a path-based method for web page ranking. We define the Hierarchical Navigation Path (HNP) as a new resource for improving web search. HNP is composed of multi-step navigation information in visitors’ website browsing. It provides indications of the content of the destination page. We first classify the links inside a website. Then, the links for web page organization are exploited to construct the HNPs for each page. Finally, the PathRank algorithm is described for web page retrieval. The experiments show that our approach results in significant improvements over existing solutions.

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  path-based approach for web page retrieval</a>,
  <i>World Wide Web</i>, 15(3):257-283, May 2012.

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  Jian-qiang Li, Yu Zhao, Hector Garcia-Molina. "A
  path-based approach for web page retrieval".
  <i>World Wide Web</i>, 15(3):257-283, May 2012.

• BibTeX

  @article{LiZhaoGarciaMolina12_PathbasedApproachForWebPageRetrieval,
      author = {Jian-qiang Li and Yu Zhao and Hector Garcia-Molina},
      title = {A path-based approach for web page retrieval},
      journal = {World Wide Web},
      volume = {15},
      number = {3},
      pages = {pp.257-283},
      month = {May},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {Use of links to enhance page ranking has been
                widely studied. The underlying assumption is that
                links convey recommendations. Although this
                technique has been used successfully in global web
                search, it produces poor results for website
                search, because the majority of the links in a
                website are used to organize information and
                convey no recommendations. By distinguishing these
                two kinds of links, respectively for
                recommendation and information organization, this
                paper describes a path-based method for web page
                ranking. We define the Hierarchical Navigation
                Path (HNP) as a new resource for improving web
                search. HNP is composed of multi-step navigation
                information in visitors’ website browsing. It
                provides indications of the content of the
                destination page. We first classify the links
                inside a website. Then, the links for web page
                organization are exploited to construct the HNPs
                for each page. Finally, the PathRank algorithm is
                described for web page retrieval. The experiments
                show that our approach results in significant
                improvements over existing solutions.},
      URL = {http://www.truststc.org/pubs/896.html}
  }
  

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