9 Algorithms: PageRank
Ranking After matching, have to rank:
Index Based Ranking Strategies we could (do) use: Frequency Position Metadata
Missing Ingredient Index lacks intra-page information
Link Quality Not all links are equal Who do you trust? CS Prof World Famous Chef
Identifying Authority Links into a page give it authority Page value = sum of authorities of pages linking to it
Issues Cycles:
Issues Cycles:
Issues Cycles: …
Random Surfer Simulating a web surfing session Start at random page At each page have a chance to Pick a random link to go to Jump to a completely random page
Results Results of many random sessions:
Results Expressed as percentages, results stabilize Law of large numbers
Cycle Buster Random surfer not phased by cycles:
Random Surfer In Use The recipe pages visited by random surfers:
Simulator PageRank Simulator: http://faculty.chemeketa.edu/ascholer/cs160/WebApps/PageRank/
The Real Math Markov Chains Set of states Each state has probability of leading to other states Represent as matrix
Excel Simulation Three pages:
Link Quality More links is easy to abuse Spam Link Pages
Issues Spam Links Discourage with negative weight Spam Link Pages -1
Limitations Still have issues/room for growth Link Spam Context of link Where link is on page "Bob's recipe is terrible" vs "Bob's recipe is great" Lack of semantic knowledge Page's Authority should not be the same for all domains
"If you're not paying for the product, you are the product." Power Controlling search is power: http://www.bitsbook.com/ "If you're not paying for the product, you are the product."