Implicit structure and the dynamics of blogspace

Implicit structure and the dynamics of blogspace by Eytan Adar, Li Zhang, Lada A. Adamic, Rajan M. Lukose (this is research behind Blog Epidemic Analyzer)

Abstract. Weblogs link together in a complex structure through which new ideas and discourse can flow. Such a structure is ideal for the study of the propagation of information. In this paper we describe general categories of information epidemics and create a tool to infer and visualize the paths specific infections take through the network. This inference is based in part on a novel utilization of data describing historical, repeating patterns of infection. We conclude with a description of a new ranking algorithm, iRank, for blogs. In contrast to traditional ranking strategies, iRank acts on the implicit link structure to find those blogs that initiate these epidemics.

This post also appears on channel weblog research

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