10. Communities
Topology : a community is a subpart of the
web with a good link density.
Semantic : a community is a subpart of the
web which shares a thematic, ideas, ...
11. Communities C2
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Let’s Observe weak links
12. Communities
Weak links : they link distant communities
together. These links are rare and stategic.
They can be considered as bridges.
Six degrees : thanks to them, there are in the
worst case 6 degrees of separation between
2 random websites.
Social : the situation is exactly the same in
the social graph.
13. Exploring
To explore these structures we can use a web
Crawler.
- Extracts links and informations
- Stores data and visits links found
14. Exploring
Begin Links
data
Crawl
Depth 1
Storage
Links
data
Crawl
Depth 2
Links
...
15. Using data
Once you’ve collected data you can :
- produce a map of the territory you explored.
- create a search engine
- imagine loads of different applications...
16. End of the presentation
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