BuzzRank ... and the trend is your friend

Ranking methods like PageRank assess the importance of Web pages based on the current state of the rapidly evolving Web graph. The dynamics of the resulting importance scores, however, have not been considered yet, although they provide the key to an understanding of the Zeitgeist on the Web. This paper proposes the BuzzRank method that quantifies trends in time series of importance scores and is based on a relevant growth model of importance scores. We experimentally demonstrate the usefulness of BuzzRank on a bibliographic dataset. Categories and Subject Descriptors: H.4.m [Information Systems]: Miscellaneous General Terms: Algorithms, Measurement

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: WWW
• Authors: Klaus Berberich, Srikanta J. Bedathur, Michalis Vazirgiannis, Gerhard Weikum
• Keywords: Importance Scores, Internet Technology, Miscellaneous General Terms, Relevant Growth Model, WWW 2006