24 Sep 2003
CS Module 7
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Hyperlink-Induced Topic Search
(HITS)
¢In response
to a query, instead of an ordered
list of pages each meeting the query,
find two sets of inter-related pages:
lHub
pages are good lists of links on a subject.
•e.g., “Bob’s
list of cancer-related links.”
lAuthority
pages occur recurrently on good hubs
for the subject.
¢Best suited
for _______________ rather than
for known-item searches.
¢Gets
at a broader slice of common opinion.