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World wide web robots: an overview

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Title:

World wide web robots: an overview

Author(s):

Tham Yoke Chun

Journal:

Online Information Review

Year:

1999

Volume:

23

Issue:

3

Page:

135 - 142


ISSN:

1468-4527


DOI:

10.1108/14684529910334047

Publisher:

MCB UP Ltd

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Abstract:

This paper traces the development of World Wide Web Robots and provides an overview of their main functions and workings. The focus is on search robots and illustrations will be drawn from two major search engines: AltaVista and Excite. In the concluding section, prblems associated with the use of Web Robots and their implications for electronic publishing will be examined.

Keywords:

Indexes, Information retrieval, Internet, Search engines, World Wide Web


Article Type:

General review


Article URL:

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/14684529910334047

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