Varability in the Content of Internet Forums

Authors

  • Dawid Grzegorz Węckowski Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu
  • Tomasz Kaczmarek Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18559/54ecxh10

Keywords:

Internet forums, Internet, Informatization

Abstract

In this article we present the results of a study conducted on a sample of Polish Web forums in order to investigate how these sites evolve over time. We analysed more than 27 900 Web pages from 16 sources at two hour intervals (4 256 data points) over 22 days of the experiment. Th e results can be the basis for improving Web crawler design, providing valuable insights into the nature of Web forums. It appears that the variability of Web forums content is signifi cantly diff erent from general-purpose Web sites, thus Web crawlers need to adjust their document extraction policies to deal with this kind of Web source.

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2013-05-31

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Węckowski, D. G., & Kaczmarek, T. (2013). Varability in the Content of Internet Forums. Studia Oeconomica Posnaniensia, 1(5), s. 80-95. https://doi.org/10.18559/54ecxh10