Estimating web site readability using content extraction

Nowadays, information is primarily searched on the WWW. From a user perspective, the readability is an important criterion for measuring the accessibility and thereby the quality of an information. We show that modern content extraction algorithms help to estimate the readability of a web document quite accurate. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.3.1 [Information Storage and Retrieval]: Content Analysis and Indexing; H.5.4 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: Hypertext/Hypermedia--User Issues General Terms Experimentation, Measurement, Human Factors Keywords Readability, Usability, Content Extraction

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: WWW
• Authors: Thomas Gottron, Ludger Martin
• Keywords: Content Analysis, Content Extraction Algorithms, Factors Keywords Readability, Internet Technology, WWW 2009